The Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow
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The Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow
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By the time Jean and Jim Barrow built their Pawleys Island, South Carolina vacation house in 1999, they were already experienced collectors. The large, open air rooms in the couple’s new home were perfectly suited for modern art and the simple refinement of neoclassical furniture. Piece by piece, and always with a discerning eye for quality, the couple filled their new home with the very best art and objects they could find, buying at auction in New York and London, and from top dealers and galleries. The restrained elegance and balance of the furnishings perfectly complimented the modern masterpieces on the walls. The house was kept free of carpets, as they preferred to enjoy the clean lines and figured veneers unencumbered by distracting patterns. With their own keen sensibilities and the expert guidance of gallerists Kristy Stubbs of Dallas and Leslie Waddington of London for modern art, and advisor Milly McGehee for furniture, the couple formed the remarkable collection in this catalog. Additional research, expertise, and conservation was supplied by John Bivins, Jr., Deanne Levison, Sumpter Priddy, and Albert Sack, among other notables in the field. Many prominent experts played a role in forming the collection, but ultimately, across categories it was the couple’s own refined sense of quality and form that built the collection.
All of the Seymour furniture here was purchased with advice from Robert Mussey and is complemented by Jim’s extensive map collection, with rarities reaching back to the 15th century, exceptional American duck decoys, and fine folk art objects that added interest and whimsy to the collection. The sale concludes with over 500 bottles of fine wine from the couple’s personal climate controlled cellar.
The Barrows are known for their longtime philanthropy and support of numerous charitable causes. This includes generous support of museums, including the Dallas Museum of Art, and especially in Jim’s native state of South Carolina. The couple have quietly gifted extensively to the Nathaniel Russel House of the Historic Charleston Foundation, and the McKissick Museum and the Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina, among others. They provided essential support to the publications and exhibitions for The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, as well as Rather Elegant than Showy: The Classical Furniture of Isaac Vose. Continuing the Barrows’ long tradition of generosity, the proceeds from the sale will go to further the couple’s many charitable initiatives through the James Purdy Barrow Foundation.
The notoriety of being the first follows Toots Zynsky. She was Dale Chihuly’s first student and assisted him in the founding and establishment of the Pilchuk Glass Center in Washington state. She invented the filet de verre technique and co-invented a thread pulling machine to create the fine glass fibers. She was the first artist commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York to create a piece of contemporary glass.
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Philip Moulthrop Turned Wood Vessel 20th century, underside marked “PCM/PHILIP MOULTHROP/WILD CHERRY/Prunus Serotina/229920”, 6 x 12 in.
Estimate: $600 - $900
4 Dale Chihuly (Washington, born 1941) from the Basket series, cobalt blue with red lip wrap, multicolored “oil spots” under opalescent layer, 1994, signed on base “Chihuly/P.P/’94’”, 8-1/2 x 8 in.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
For similar examples see: Chihuly: Form From Fire, The Museum of Arts and Sciences, Inc., Daytona Beach, 1993, p. 17-25.
3 Marjorie Strider (New York/Oklahoma, 1934-2014)
Study for Turnips VI, 1963, signed lower right “M. Strider 63”, crayon on paper, sight 6-1/8 x 8-3/4 in.; white painted frame, 19-1/4 x 21-1/4 in.
Provenance: Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, 2011
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Exhibited: Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, Marjorie Strider, March 10-April 2, 2011, ill. pg. 110 in checklist (accompanied by a copy of the catalog and a magazine).
5 Emilia Castillo Silver Plate Toucan Water Pitcher
Mexican, 20th century, body with light hammered finish, applied berries on rim, toucan with mixed metal beak with berry and mosaic inlay, marks for Emilia Castillo, “AD”, 11 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
7 Rob Wilson (Canadian, 1937-2007)
Cubist Bouquet, 2003, signed lower right “Rob Wilson”, titled, dated, and inscribed base, acrylic on wood sculpture, 36 x 7-1/4 x 5-1/2 in.; lucite stand, 12-1/4 x 12-1/4 in.
Provenance: Canada House Gallery, Banff, Alberta (sticker label) Estimate: $600 - $900
6 Emilia Castillo Silver Plate Toucan Candelabra and Snuffer, Mexican, 20th century, both with mosaic toucan, rope post: candelabra with three sockets and hammered finish base, 16-1/2 in.; snuffer, 13-1/4 in., both with marks for Emilia Castillo
Estimate: $300 - $600
8 Emilia Castillo Sterling Lizard Coaster
Mexican, 20th century, round hammered finish, rolled shaped rim with turquoise mosaic lizard, cork interior, marks for Emilia Castillo, “TO-85”, 3 x 5-1/2 x 6 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
9 Emilia Castillo Silver Plate Toucan Center Bowl Mexican, 20th century, round hammered finish, rope borders and four toucans with mosaic inlay, marks for Emilia Castillo, “TO-85”, 12 x 16-1/4 x 16 in.
Estimate: $300 - $600
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Catherine K. Ferrell (American/Florida, b. 1947)
Dove, signed and dated “C.K. Ferrell/2007”, cold painted bronze, 13-1/2 x 7-3/4 in.
Provenance: Cheryl M. Newby Inc., Pawleys Island, South Carolina (sticker on base)
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
10 Pair of Hand Blown Glass Gourds possibly Venetian, 21st century, one green and one orange, each with swirling stems, both signed illegibly and dated on bottom “2008”, larger 8-1/8 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
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Three Modern Decorative Boxes 20th/21st century, comprising: Brown Coral Jar, Glenda Taylor, white earthenware with enamel decoration, signed on base “G. Taylor”, coral form finial on lid, 10 x 8-1/2 in.; porcelain blue lidded bowl with large enamel sun face, base marked “Limoges/France/5/Hand painted in the U.S.A.”, 4-5/8 x 4-1/2 in. diameter; Mi’kmaq quill box with floral design on lid, 2-1/2 x 4 in.
Provenance: Cheryl M. Newby Inc., Pawleys Island, South Carolina (with copy of receipt for Glenda Taylor jar dated July 1, 2010)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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Modernist Figural Sculpture (20th century)
Reclining Nude, unsigned, patinated bronze, 6-3/4 x 17 x 9 in. Estimate: $400 - $600
14 Tony Hochstetler (American, b. 1964)
Sealife, edition 1/7, sculpture signed in bronze “T. Hochstetler”, affixed marble plinth on wooden block, sticker at verso “Starfish & Scallop, 1/7, last available, only two ever made, $625”, bronze, including pedestal 8 x 4 x 4 in.
Estimate: $500 - $700
15 Karen Shapiro (American, b. 1947)
group of five novelty ceramic food canisters, each stamped verso “K”, “Grey Poupon”, 9-1/2 x 7 in.; “Tabasco Sauce”, 16 x 3-1/2 in.; “Planter’s Cocktail Peanuts”, 9 x 9-3/4 in.; “Calumet Baking Powder”, 15-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.; “Colman’s English Mustard”, 13-1/2 x 10 x 5 in
Estimate: $400 - $600
A real Colman’s English Mustard Tin is shown here for scale.
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American School Abstract Composition, A. Henon (20th/21st century)
Baal II, signed verso “A. Henon”, mixed media with collage on paperboard, 31-1/4 x 39-1/8 in.; original white painted wood shadowbox style frame, 40-3/4 x 48-3/8 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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Karen Shapiro (American, b. 1947)
Roach Motel, stamped verso “K”, enamel on ceramic with wood cleat, 16-1/4 x 17-1/8 x 3-1/2 in.; Cockroach with Briefcase, signed illegibly and dated verso “13”, paint and mixed media on ceramic, 6-1/8 x 7 in.
Provenance: Commissioned by the consignor
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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Set of Five Emeco Brushed Aluminum “Navy” Chairs Modern, designed by Philippe Starck, each with impressed mark at back, each with shaped seat, on tall legs with stretchers, 43 x 15-3/4 x 20 in.
Estimate: $500 - $700
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Set of Four Emeco Brushed Aluminum “Navy” Chairs Modern, designed by Philippe Starck, each with impressed mark at back, each with shaped seat, on tall legs with stretchers, 43 x 15-3/4 x 20 in.
Estimate: $500 - $700
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George Hagerty (Kansas, 1901-2002)
Ryan, seated nude in a studio, signed verso “George Hagerty”, “Hagerty”, and titled, 48 x 36 in.; gilt wood frame, 52-1/8 x 40 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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Balloon Dog (Blue), 2002, edition 2056/2300, porcelain, with original box and acrylic case, label to base reads “Balloon Dog (blue) by Jeff Koons, Limited Edition Fine Porcelain, Plate Number 2056/2300, MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles”; together with Francesco Bonami, ed. Jeff Koons, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2008, 10-1/2 x 5 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Fine Rare Boston Federal Carved Inlaid Mahogany Serpentine Pier Table attributed to John Seymour, carving attributed to Thomas Wightman, 1805-1812, deeply shaped figured top over cupid’s bow form skirt with highly figured mahogany and rosewood banding, deeply carved bellflower motifs, ring and baluster turnings, deeply carved fronds of unfolding ferns and reeded legs, 36 x 46 x 23-1/2 in.
Provenance: Underside of top with early paper label inscribed “James Diamond”; Sold Sotheby’s, January 17, 1999, lot 840; Milly McGehee, 1999 (accompanied by original invoice)
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Accompanied by a two page examination report by Robert Mussey discussing the details of the table and its attribution. In summation, Mussey notes that “the overall serpentine shape of the top, and conforming shape of the rails, is quite elegant and dramatic, and unique in my experience in Boston.”
Literature: Illustrated in Robert Mussey, Jr., The Furniture Masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour, catalog no. 77.
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Jeff Keen
(Jeffrey John Spencer Keen, British, 1923-2012)
ZAP, 1958, with artist’s stamp verso “Jeff Keen” within red circle, enamel on Masonite, 24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.); leafed frame, 25-3/4 x 25-3/4 in.
Provenance: Hales Gallery, New York, NY, No. J_KEE0331 (label verso)
Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, Texas, purchased in 2016 (accompanied by original receipt and artist information)
Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
“Zap directly evokes the graphic world of comic books with its onomatopoeic text, cartoon typography and bold use of vivid contrasting colours. The word ‘Zap’ weaves its way through Keen’s creative universe, appearing in his poems, collages, and films. Later in his career, Keen would also perform and hang out at the iconic Zap Club on the Brighton seafront. The painting Zap itself appears in multiple films by Keen, including his quasi-surrealist work Mad Love (197278) and the frenetic Cartoon Theatre of Dr. Gaz (1976-79). It forms an intergral part of Keen’s comic book aesthetic, his subversive use of popular culture, as well as his desire to combine sound, text and image in one creative practice.”Hales Gallery
Exhibited: Jeff Keen, Kate MacGarry Gallery, London, April 20 - May 19, 2013; Jeff Keen – Cartoon Theatre of Dr Gaz, Kate MacGarry Gallery, London, January 15 - February 27, 2016
Marilyn Monroe Behind Crucifix, From the Last Sitting for Vogue, 1962, printed later, signed and editioned lower edge “8/18
Marilyn 1962 Bert Stern”, large format digital print, sight 45-3/4 x 45-1/4 in.; modern wood and gilt wood frame, 49-1/4 x 49 in.
Provenance: Acquired Directly from the Artist
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Literature: Stern Bert. 1992. Marilyn Monroe : The Complete Last Sitting. Munich: Schirmer Art Books, illustrated page 78
A copy of Marilyn Monroe : The Complete Last Sitting accompanies this lot.
25 Andy Warhol (New York/Pennsylvania, 1928-1987)
Marilyn Monroe (Feldman & Schellmann II.28), edition 218/250, from the portfolio Marilyn Monroe, 1967, signed in pencil verso lower left “Andy Warhol”, dated, stamped, and numbered, Factory Additions, New York, publisher, Aetna Silkscreen Products Inc., printer, screenprint in colors, 36 x 36 in. (91.44 x 91.44 cm.); white frame, 37-1/4 x 37-1/4 in.
Provenance: Eduardo Secci Gallery, Florence, Italy
Estimate: $100,000 - $150,000
“In August 62, I started doing silkscreens. I wanted something stronger that gave more of an assembly line effect. With silkscreening you pick a photograph, blow it up, transfer it in glue onto silk, and then roll ink across it so the ink goes through the silk but not through the glue. That way you get the same image, slightly different each time. It was all so simple quick, and chancy. I was thrilled with it. When Marilyn Monroe happened to die that month, I got the idea to make screens of her beautiful face the first Marilyns.” - Andy Warhol
Warhol lifted his iconic image from a publicity image taken while Marilyn was working on the 1953 box office hit Niagara.
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11 Bottles 1999-2011 Nova Wines Norma Jeane
Vintage 1999-2008, 2011, Napa Valley, California, Merlot, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
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Eric Boyer (Arizona, born 1960)
Untitled, female torso, 1998 signed with monogram on metal tab bottom middle “EB” and dated, wire mesh, 35 x 11-1/2 x 6-1/2 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
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Eight Bottles 2002-2010 Nova Wines Marilyn Merlot
Vintage 2002-2004 (2), 2005-2007, 2010, Napa Valley, California, Merlot, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
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Eight Bottles 1986-2001 Nova Wines Marilyn Merlot
Vintage 1986, 1987, 1993, 1997-2001, Napa Valley, California, Merlot, 750 ml
Estimate: $500 - $700
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Three Whimsical Pop Art Needlework Pillows “Campbell’s Tomato Soup”, needlework and leather; yellow and red “ART” needlework with felt backing; red and blue “8” with felt backing; largest 15-1/2 x 7-1/2 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
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Two Andy Warhol Themed Collectibles 20th/21st century, Lego set depicting the work Marilyn Monroe, 1967, 1 x 15-3/4 x 15-3/4 in.; Precidio Objects melamine tray with handles, in decoration of the work Marilyn Monroe’s Lips, 1962, in original box, 1-1/2 x 141/4 x 14-1/8 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
House of Light (Casa De Luce), 1992, signed lower right “D.R. 1992” and signed, dated and titled verso canvas “Dan Rizzie 1992”, mixed media collage, 83-1/2 x 71-1/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 87 x 75-1/4 in.
Provenance: Commissioned from the artist
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Preliminary working sketch for House of Light (Casa De Luce), 1992, (see lot 32), inscribed with title “Barrow Commission 1 - 5 - 92 Texas”, inscribed and signed bottom “For James Barrow Dan Rizzie 1992”, mixed media on paper, 9-7/8 x 7-3/8 in.; gilt wood frame, 22 x 18 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
Flag (Moratorium) (U.L.A.E. S5), 1969, edition 37/300, signed lower right “Jasper Johns”, Committee Against the War in Vietnam, publisher, offset lithograph printed in colors on wove paper, image 17-1/8 x 25-7/8 in. (43.2 x 65.7 cm.), sheet 20-1/8 x 28-5/8 in. (51.4 x 72.7 cm.); aluminum frame, 25-7/8 x 34-1/2 in.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Commissioned by Leo Castelli, this lithograph became a poignant symbol of anti war sentiment expressed in the Moratorium marches that occured across the United States in the Fall of 1969. Johns took the familiar flag and used the colors of military camouflage and the suggestion of Agent Orange and placed a “bullet” hole center. It provokes a reaction. If the viewer focuses on the center white dot for 60 seconds and then looks away at a blank white wall, the familiar color scheme of the American flag appears as an optical illusion.
Literature: Johns, Jasper, and Richard S. Field. The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Universal Limited Art, 1994, No. S5, ill.
Very Fine Simon Willard Federal Inlaid Banjo Clock Boston, ca. 1805, attributed to the shop of John and Thomas Seymour, with gilt finial over circular white painted dial, with Roman chapter ring, original throat and base eglomise panels with fine painting and gilding, the lower panel inscribed “S. Willard’s,” 33 x 10 x 3-1/2 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee purchased October 31, 2004, (accompanied by original invoice and write-up)
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
Accompanied by extensive notes from Robert Mussey, outlining the quality and rarity of this example.
McGehee notes record that Mussey “considers this clock one of the four or five finest of this early patent timepiece he has encountered. The clock retains all of its original eglomise painting on both the throat and lower case glass panels; additionally, the white painted dial numerals are original.”
Exceptional Folk Art Carved Giltwood Sunburst Trade Sign 19th century, made for the Sun Insurance Society, London, large dramatic form, rays centering a deeply carved detailed face, fine old surface, 54 x 54 x 8 in.
Provenance: Woodard and Greenstein, New York
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
The Sun Fire Office, later Sun Insurance, was founded in London in 1710, and developed into a leading national insurance business. The business expanded greatly over the 18th and 19th century, ultimately entering the American marketplace in the late 19th century. Early images of the Sun Fire Office depict this distinctive form with alternating straight and curved sun rays.
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Fine Pennsylvania Federal American Eagle Inlaid Tall Case Clock
dial signed Christian Eby, Manheim, case attributed to George Dyer of Manheim, circa 1800, arched painted dial with moon phase and floral spandrels, seconds sweep, brass movement, set in a fine waisted cherry case, scrolled pediment with inlaid fylfot rosettes, large bold American Federal spread winged eagle inlay with barberpole surround, inlaid canted corners and door, barberpole inlaid box base with burlwood quarter fans and French feet, 96-1/4 x 19-3/4 x 10-3/4 in.
Provenance: Kelly Kinzle; Milly McGehee (accompanied by original invoice from 2014)
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
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Pennsylvania Paint Decorated Lift Top Blanket Chest
inscribed and dated “Andrew Shayer, 1828”, decorated overall in swirling blue green paint with brick red moldings and feet, open interior with lidded till, original iron strap hinges, white pine, yellow pine, and poplar construction, two dovetailed drawers, 29 x 50-1/4 x 21-3/4 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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New England Federal Mahogany Tilt Top Spider Leg Candlestand Massachusetts, circa 1800, in old dry varnished surface, tilting top on urn turned support, 29-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 24 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
41 American Federal Highly Figured Tiger Maple Drop Leaf Table New England, late 18th/early 19th century, very highly figured tiger maple top with two drop leaves, on tall tapered legs, narrow form, mellow honey color, 29-1/2 x 14 x 36 in.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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Fine Pair Philadelphia Federal Carved Mahogany Side Chairs circa 1800, “racket back” form with finely carved backs, serpentine front seat rails, inlaid tapered legs with stretchers, striped silk upholstery, 35-3/4 x 20-3/4 x 19 in.
Provenance: Skip Chalfant
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
43 Fine American Classical Tiger Maple Caned Settee early 19th century, in old surface, highly figured maple throughout with spiral turned crest over three pierced splats, boldly scrolled arms with turned rosettes, on turned legs with stretchers, with modern loose cushion, 34 x 76 x 23 in.
Provenance: Elliott and Grace Snyder
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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Very Rare and Important Pennsylvania Federal Polychromed Chest of Drawers attributed to Mahantango Valley or Schwaben Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 1830, dovetailed and cut nail construction, white pine throughout, 48 x 42-1/2 x 22 in.
Provenance: A.H. Rice, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; George Horace Lorimer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Joe Kindig Jr., York, Pennsylvania; Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Sotheby’s, New York, The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle, May 26-27, 1995, lot 307; Sotheby’s, Important American Folk Art from the Collection of Ralph Esmerian, January 25, 2014, lot 549
Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
In American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum, curator Jack Lindsey notes this chest “is distinguished by the quality and pattern of its painted decoration, consisting of carefully rendered leaping stags, undulating flowering vines, birds, and stylized central tulips emanating from urns and compass stars on a salmon pink ground. Many of the painted decorated devices on the drawers, such as the quarter fans and painted stringing, may have been influenced by earlier patterns of the neoclassically inspired wooden inlay.”
Literature: Nutting, Wallace, Furniture Treasury, Framingham, Massachusetts: Old America, 1928, fig. 296; Schaffner, Cynthia V. A. and Susan Klein, American Painted Furniture, 1790-1880, New York: Clarkson N. Pottery, 1997, pg. 143; Stoudt, John Joseph, Pennsylvania Folk Art: An Interpretation, Allentown, Pennsylvania: Schleeter’s, 1948, pg. 271; Weiser, Frederick S. and Mary Hammond Sullivan, “Decorated Furniture of the Mahantongo Valley”, The Magazine Antiques 103, no. 5 (May 1973), pg. 935;
American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum, pg. 183, fig. 154
Estimate:
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Large Folk Art Painted Pointing Hand Trade Sign
American, 19th/early 20th century, carved in the form of a pointing hand, painted in white, brown, and black, verso with lettering “FLOWERS(?)”, wire for hanging, 30-1/2 x 103 x 1-1/2 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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A Very Fine Carved and Painted Carousel Goat attributed to Gustav Dentzel, Philadelphia, circa 1900-1910, an “outside jumper” in fine original paint surface, well carved with fine details, glass eyes, blue, red, green, and other polychroming, iron stirrup holders and mouth bit, leather reigns, supported by a modern black iron stand, 66 x 55 x 12 in. with stand
Provenance: Kelly Kinzle
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
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The pig was displayed in front of the barn on their farm “Bothays” in Essex, Massachusetts and at the Bonnet House Museum in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Frank & Barbara Pollack, purchased January 2004, (accompanied by original invoice, write up and provenance documentation)
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Frank & Barbara Pollack’s invoice describes this wonderful pig as a “powerful and imaginative expression of folk art.” It is indeed an exuberant pig and of unusually large scale.
Estimate:
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Folk Art Carved “Spencer’s Goose”, Katharine Hepburn Provenance 19th century, carved in the form of a goose in flight, old painted surface in beige, black, and brown paint, hanging hook at back, 11-1/2 x 35-1/2 x 22 in.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, The Estate of Katharine Hepburn, June 10-11, 2004, lot 448 (accompanied by copy of catalog and book The Private World of Katharine Hepburn by John Bryson)
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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Carved and Painted Trumpeter Swan Model American, incised signature “Langan” on underside (probably Thomas Langan, b. 1942), carved swan in flight, cream and black paint, 16 x 14-1/2 x 37 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
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Fine Mason Decoy Factory Premier Canada Goose Detroit, Michigan, 1900-1910, Premier Grade, fine paint with detailed feathering, glass eyes, 12 x 24 x 9 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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Mason Decoy Factory Premier Black Duck Hen
Detroit, Michigan, early 20th century, Premier Grade, good condition with strong paint, incised nail and base of bill, glass eyes, 6-1/2 x 18 x 6 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
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George Huey Red Breasted Merganser Hen Friendship, Maine, circa 1910, flat bottom style with beveled edges, inset circular weight, carved eyes, Sotheby’s sticker on base with collector’s stamp, 6-1/2 x 18-3/4 x 5 in.
Provenance: Oliver’s (sticker on base); Guyette and Schmidt/Sotheby’s, New York, Sale 7419, lot 22, The James M. McCleery Collection, January 22-23, 2000, (accompanied by a copy of the page from the sale catalog)
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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Charles McCoy Attributed Goldeneye Drake Tuckerton, New Jersey, early 20th century, hollow carved, weighted base, relief carved head, glass eyes, distinctive groove at bill tip, Sotheby’s sticker on base with collector’s stamp, 7 x 12-1/4 x 5-1/4 in.
Provenance: Richard A. Bourne Co. Inc., Hyannis, Massachusetts, lot 197, October 1974; Guyette and Schmidt/Sotheby’s, New York, Sale 7419, lot 5, The James M. McCleery Collection, January 22-23, 2000, (accompanied by a copy of the page from the sale catalog)
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
56 Mason Decoy Factory Challenge Blue Winged Teal Drake, Detroit, Michigan, early 20th century, Challenge Grade, slightly turned head with double blue plumage, round bottom style, strong paint, glass eyes, nice little decoy, 5-3/4 x 12 x 4-1/2 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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Mason Decoy Factory Challenge Redhead Drake Detroit, Michigan, circa 1910, Challenge Grade, round bottom style, strong paint, incised at base of bill, glass eyes, Sotheby’s sticker on base with collector’s stamp, 7-1/4 x 14 x 5-1/2 in.
Provenance: Guyette and Schmidt/Sotheby’s, New York, Sale 7419, lot 588, The James M. McCleery Collection, January 22-23, 2000 (accompanied by a copy of the page from the sale catalog)
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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Mason Decoy Factory Premier Mallard Hen Detroit, Michigan, early 20th century, Premier Grade, fine condition with strong paint, incised nail and base of bill, glass eyes, branded “J” or “JJ” on base (one J may be a faulty strike), 6-3/4 x 18 x 6-1/2 in.
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
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Very Rare Caines Brothers Mallard Drake Georgetown, South Carolina, circa 1900, possibly by Hucks Caines, oversized with raised, heart shaped wings indicative of the Caines’ shop, finely carved head, tack eyes, 7-3/4 x 17-1/2 x 7 in.
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000
The Caines Brothers (Joseph J. “Hucks” Caines (1876-1944), Edmund A. “Ball” Caines (1851-1914), R. Randolph “Sawney” Caines (1860-1938), Moultrie J. L. “Pluty” Caines (18701912), and Robert J. “Bob” Caines (1879-1923)) grew up on land at Hobcaw Barony in the South Carolina Low Country. In addition to being hunting guides for landowner Bernard Baruch, they were commercial fishermen and market gunners before the enactment of the first federal game laws in 1918. Caines family decoys are some of the most sought after of South Carolina makers and very few are known to have survived.
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Rare Hucks Caines Attributed Mallard Hen Georgetown, South Carolina, circa 1900, attributed to Hucks Caines, oversized with raised, heart shaped wings indicative of the Caines’ shop, finely carved head, carved eyes, sticker on base, 7-1/2 x 16-1/4 x 6-3/4 in.
Provenance: Guyette and Schmidt, St. Michaels, Maryland, lot 651, April 27-28, 2006
Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
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Very Rare Hucks Caines Attributed Mallard Drake Georgetown, South Carolina, circa 1900, attributed to Hucks Caines, oversized, flat bottom style with weighted base, tack eyes, relief carved head, sticker on base, 8-1/2 x 17-3/4 x 7 in.
Provenance: Guyette and Schmidt, St. Michaels, Maryland, lot 506, July, 2007
Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000
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Two Modern Signed Duck Carvings
American, 20th century, comprising: John Holloway, ruddy drake, winter plumage, signed and labeled to base, 5-1/4 x 11-3/4 x 4-1/2 in.; John D. Floyd, Jr., red Breasted merganser, signed, inscribed, dated to base “1977”, sticker on base, 6-3/4 x 16 x 6 in.
Provenance: Guyette and Schmidt/Christie’s, New York, lots 1025 (Floyd) and 1156 (Holloway), The Russel B. Aitken Collection, January 18, 2003 (accompanied by copies of the pages from the sale catalog)
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
John Holloway, Ruddy drake, Winter Plumage won Third Place at the National Decoy Show in 1980 (with sticker label)
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Two Signed Duck Decoys comprising: John Baker pintail drake, Bristol, Pennsylvania, 20th century, original paint with minor wear, raised primaries, glass eyes, weight stamped, 7-3/4 x 22-1/2 x 5-1/4 in.; Decoys Unlimited (Jack Sweet) sleeping black duck, Erie, Pennsylvania, mid 20th century, laminated Balsa, nice head stippling and feather strokes on back and sides, glass eyes, original white Wattsburg Road stencil on base, 6-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 7-1/4 in.
Provenance: Guyette and Schmidt/Christie’s, New York, lot 1140, The Russel B. Aitken Collection, January 18, 2003 (pintail, accompanied by a copy of the page from the sale catalog)
Estimate: $500 - $700
64
Blue Winged Teal Hen Decoy unknown maker, flat bottom style with small weight, solid body, turned head, glass eyes, raised wing primaries, incised feather detail, 5 x 10 x 4 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
65
Fine Bluebill (Scaup) Drake Decoy unknown maker, flat bottom style with weighted base, finely carved and painted with rigging swivel, glass eyes, relief carved head and incised bill, 7-1/2 x 13-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
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Elaborately Decorated Artemas Smith Percussion Rifle likely made in New York, mid 1800s, maple half stock, 35-1/2 in. octagonal barrel, silver inlay on top of barrel inscribed “Artemas Smith” with flourishes, dovetail silver blade front sight, split rear sight, engraved game bird on barrel tang, “H.W. Delavan & Co.” stamped lock with engraved dogs and game birds, ornately carved stock with shell and scrollwork around barrel tang, incised checkering and carving at wrist, elaborate wreath and feather stylized carving on cheek rest, elaborate pierced silver plate patchbox, four inlaid silver urn form finials to terminus of thimble, brass trigger guard, and brass buttplate, silver scroll and windrose inlays to either side of forend, large pierced silver inlay under forend, silver inlays forward of and under lockscrew, silver star inlay on cheek rest, bone inlay above silver pick holder, silver thread inlay on top of stock comb, wooden ram rod, 51 in. overall Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Artemas Smith, born in Rochester, New York, in 1802, is listed in American Gunsmiths as a “maker of half stock percussion rifles, location unknown”. H.W. Delevan & Co. were known hardware merchants in New York beginning in the 1820s. Locks stamped with their name have turned up on other rifles including Joseph Medbury’s who was a known gunsmith in Rochester, New York, circa the 1840s.
67
Lot of Assorted Vintage Shotgun Shells and Related Packaging, early to mid 20th century, over 25 loose shells, predominantly Peters 16 gauge; over 15 assorted boxes for Peters, Western, Remington, Federal, most advertising 12 or 20 gauge (some with contents present); in wooden Peters “Victor” crate, 7-3/4 x 8-1/4 x 13-1/2 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
68
Carolina Sports, by Land and Water; including Incidents of Devil-Fishing..., Wild-Cat, Deer and Bear Hunting, etc. by William Elliott, New York: Derby and Jackson, 1859, with six illustrations, original brown cloth, gilt spine
Estimate: $200 - $400
69
Two Volumes, The History of South Carolina, From Its First Settlement..., in 1670, to the Year 1808 by David Ramsay, Charleston: David Longworth, 1809, complete in two volumes, octavo, full contemporary calf, gilt ruled spines and leather labels, with two folding maps of “Charles Town” and South Carolina
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
70
A Rare Early Volume Containing Early Maps of Carolina and Other American Colonies, An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Containing their Foundation, Proceedings, and the Success of their Missionaries in the British Colonies, to the Year 1728 by David Humphreys, London: Joseph Downing, 1730, octavo, first edition, contemporary gilt tooled calf, gilt decoration to spine and cover, five raised bands, with two engraved folding maps, one of Carolina and the other of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
Estimate: $300 - $500
71
The Public Laws of the State of South Carolina: From its First Establishment... ...as a British Province down to the year 1790, inclusive, in which is comprehended such of the statutes of Great Britain as were made of force by the act of assembly of 1712 by John Faucheraud Grimké, Philadelphia: Aitken & Son, 1790, quarter bound leather with cloth boards, spine with gilt lettering and five raised bands
Estimate: $500 - $700
Many pages from 363 to 498 deal with laws pertaining to slavery, legal at the time of this printing. Also, there are hand written formulas on the final page showing mathematical conversions from British pounds into (American) dollars.
72
Fine and Rare Baltimore Federal Eagle Inlaid Cellarette on Frame, Maryland, 1790-1810, highly figured banded mahogany top centering an oval patera inlay depicting an American Federal eagle and shield, opening to interior divided for twelve bottles, on a conforming line inlaid frame with tapered legs and spade feet, mahogany with yellow pine and poplar secondary, 27-1/4 x 16-1/2 x 15-1/2 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee purchased 1995 (accompanied by invoice and write up)
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
73
Lee Family of Virginia Personal Copy, Lectures on History and General Policy..., to which is Prefixed, an Essay on a Course of Liberal Education for Civil and Active Life by Joseph Priestley, Dublin: Luke White, 1788, octavo, full contemporary polished calf, five raised bands, two folding plates: one a timeline of empires, the second a timeline of historical persons
Estimate: $400 - $600
This was once Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee’s personal copy and it contains his signature along with the signatures of James J. Randolph and Peyton Randolph, the latter a one time Acting Virginia Governor and great nephew of the Continental Congressman of the same name.
74
The History of the American Indians; Particularly Those Nations..., adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: Containing an Account of their Origin, Language, Manners, Religious and Civil Customs by James Adair, London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775, first edition, with folding map frontispiece
“American Indian Nations...”, in rich brown full calf, pasted down book plates of Lucy Foster and Francis Bayard Rives
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
75
Robijn/Roggeveen - Chart of the Carolinas, 1687 Jacobus Robijn (1649-1707), Caerte vande Cust Carolina..., Amsterdam, 1687, published by Arent Roggeveen in Het Brandende Veen, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, sheet 17-1/4 x 211/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 27-1/2 x 31-1/2 in.
Provenance: Richard B. Arkway, Inc., New York, NY (accompanied by copy of receipt)
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
76
Very Rare Virginia Inlaid Figured Mahogany Map Table Piedmont, possibly Albemarle or Orange County, 1790-1810, map or library table with rectangular top centering a leaf decorated oval patera, boldly banded in mahogany and walnut with lightwood inlay, conforming skirt with paneled lightwood inlay with line inlaid surround, on line inlaid and bellflower chain tapered square legs, satinwood or maple veneers, oak and walnut secondary, 30-3/4 x 65 x 25-1/2 in.
Provenance: This table comes from “Rocklands” Plantation, formed from Madison family lands in Orange County, Virginia;
Sumpter Priddy
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
According to Sumpter Priddy: “This intriguing Virginia table is unusual for its attenuated proportions and for its ambitious inlays. Its closest parallel is found in the French writing table or “bureau plat”, first introduced to America by Parisian cabinetmakers fleeing the “Reign of Terror.” In central Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, who both served as Minister to France, played an important role in popularizing the new French taste. Although the earlier history of the piece remains unknown, it strongly reflects the convergence of several cultural influences at play in central Virginia during the early years of the nineteenth century - is potentially linked to some of the region’s most significant families. “Montpelier”, the home of James Madison, adjoins the property, as do two nearby estates with Jefferson. It could potentially be linked to “Barboursville”, designed by Jefferson for Governor James Barbour, or “Frascati” constructed for Philip Pendleton Barbour by John Perry--one of Jefferson’s master builders at the University of Virginia.”
77
Robert Horne’s Rare Map of Carolina, 1666
Robert Horne, Carolina Described, London, 1666, printed in Horne’s A Brief Description of the Province of Carolina on the Coasts of Florida..., with illustrated fauna and sailing ships, engraving on laid paper, 6-1/2 x 10 in.; carved and painted frame, 16-3/8 x 19 in.
Provenance: Richard B. Arkway, Inc., New York, NY (accompanied by copy of receipt dated May 2004)
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
This map of the Carolina coast was originally included in a pamphlet published by Robert Horne (to whom the map is now attributed) with the intent of encouraging new settlers to emigrate to the area. Cumming notes that “[the pamphlet] is now very rare and the map itself still rarer, as it is usually not found in the extant copies.”
Literature: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pg. 157-158, map 60
78 John Ogilby - “Lords Proprietors” Map of Carolina, 1673, John Ogilby (English, 1600-1676), A New Discription of Carolina By Order of the Lords Proprietors, London, 1673, engraver James Moxon, from a late edition of Ogilby’s America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 16-3/4 x 21-1/2 in., sheet 17 x 21-3/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 27 x 31-1/2 in.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Literature: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pg. 163, map 70
79
George III “Davis Quadrant” or Backstaff British, late 18th century, boxwood frame with pearwood scales and inlaid plate reading “H. GREGORY near ye India House LONDON/Jean Gremon”, 25 x 14 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
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Early Brass and Ebonized Sextant by Samuel Breck British, mid 19th century, brass and ebonized sextant with ivory inlay, name plate for “Samuel Breck”, index bar ornately engraved, 18 x 14-1/2 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
81
Early Brass Hanging Sundial 18th century, ring style sundial with loop for suspension, diameter 4 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
82
Jodocus Hondius - Map of Virginia and the Carolinas Jodocus Hondius (1563-1612), Virginiae Item et Floridae Americae Provinciarum, nova Descriptio, Amsterdam, circa 1606, text in Latin verso, from Gerard Mercator’s Atlas Sive Cosmographicae..., plate 13-1/2 x 19-1/8 in., sheet 18-3/8 x 22-1/2 in.
Provenance: Cheryl M. Newby, Inc., Pawleys Island, South Carolina (label verso)
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Literature: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pg. 133, map 26
83
John Speed - Map of the Carolinas, 1676 John Speed (1551/2-1629), A New Description of Carolina, London, 1676, text in English verso, in Speed’s The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, plate 15 x 20-1/8 in., sheet 16-3/4 x 21-1/4 in.; carved and gilt wood frame, 25-1/4 x 30-1/2 in.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Literature: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pg. 166, map 77
84
Pierre Mortier - Map of the Carolinas, 1696 Pierre Mortier (1661-1711), Carte General de la Caroline, Amsterdam, 1696, from Sanson’s Atlas Nouveau Contenant Toutes les Paries du Monde, first state, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, 22-1/2 x 18-1/2 in., sheet 25-1/4 x 20 in.; carved wood frame, 31-7/8 x 27-7/8 in.
Provenance: Richard B. Arkway, Inc., New York, NY (label verso)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Literature: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pg. 187, map 120
85
Willem Janszoon Blaeu - 17th Century Map of the Caribbean, Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali cum Terris adiacentibus, Amsterdam, circa 1635-1640, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 15 x 20-1/2 in., sight 15-1/2 x 21 in.; carved gilt wood frame, 25-3/4 x 30-3/4 in.
Provenance: Cheryl M. Newby, Inc., Pawleys Island, South Carolina (label verso, accompanied by copy of letter of receipt)
Estimate: $600 - $900
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Johannes Van Keulen - Map of the Carolina Coast Johannes Van Keulen (1654-1715), Pas Kaart Van de Kust van Carolina..., Amsterdam, circa 1682, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 20-1/4 x 23-1/4 in., sheet 24-1/2 x 29-1/4 in.; carved and gilt wood frame, 31-1/2 x 34 in.
Provenance: Cheryl M. Newby, Inc., Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Jacques Le Moyne - 16th Century Map of Florida and the Southeast Jacques Le Moyne (1533-1588), Floridae Americae Provinciae Recens & exactissima descriptio..., Frankfurt, circa 1591, engraving on laid paper, plate 14-1/2 x 17-7/8 in., sheet 15-1/4 x 18-1/2 in.; frame, 24-7/8 x 27-1/4 in.
Provenance: Cheryl M. Newby, Inc., Pawleys Island, South Carolina (label verso)
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
88
Goldsborough Family Rare Important Southern Inlaid Figured Mahogany Secretary Bookcase
Maryland or Virginia, possibly Annapolis, circa 1795, with distinctive scrolled pediment inlaid with a three masted sailing ship and plow centering a large wheat sheaf plinth, surmounted by carved and gilt spread wing eagle flanked by lightwood fan rosettes, bookcase with inlaid banded pediment and glazed doors opening to adjustable shelved interior, lower case with false two drawer front opening to finely inlaid satinwood and figured mahogany amphitheater interior, with dramatic fan and quarter fan inlaid prospect door, five satinwood document drawers with fluted classical column inlay, prospect door opening to three additional satinwood faced small drawers, poplar and yellow pine secondary, 99-3/4 x 47 x 22-3/4 in.
Provenance: By descent in the Goldsborough family of Horn’s Point Plantation: Probably Charles W. Goldsborough (1764-64), to his son Wiliam Tilghman Goldsborough (1808-1876), by sale in 1868 to Charles F. Goldsborough and Thomas W. Anderson, by sale in 1879 to John M. Perry, by sale in 1911 to John and Lillian Pattison, by sale in 1912 to T. Coleman du Pont (1863-1930);
Sumpter Priddy
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
As Sumpter Priddy’s write up attests, this fine secretary bookcase is “among the most commanding examples of Neoclassical cabinetwork from 18th century Chesapeake.” The symbols of commerce in the pediment including a triple masted sailing ship, a wheat sheaf, and a plow, point to the maritime and agricultural activities of the early Goldsborough family. The original owner of this desk is believed to have been Governor Charles W. Goldsborough (1765-1834), who served in Congress 1805-1817 as a representative of the Eastern Shore and as governor of the state from 1818-1819.
From Charles Goldsborough, the secretary likely passed to his son, the honorable William Tilghman Goldsborough (1808-1876) who served as Maryland’s state senator in 1837, and again in 1839 and 1842. He inherited Horn’s Point and its contents from his parents. Research notes recording the history of this secretary as it passed through the important families and houses of the Eastern Shore accompany the lot.
89
Robert Dudley - 17th Century Coastal Map of the Southeast Robert Dudley, Carta particolare della costa di Florida e di Virginia..., Florence, circa 1647, first state, engraving on laid paper, plate 18-1/2 x 15-1/4 in., sheet 22 x 16-1/4 in.; carved and painted frame, 27-1/2 x 23-1/2 in.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
92
De Bry/Benzoni - Map of Florida and the Caribbean, 1594
Theodor de Bry (1528-1598), Occidentalis Americae partis, vel earum Regionum quas Christophorus Columbus..., Amsterdam, 1594, based on charts by Girolamo Benzoni, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, plate 13 x 17-1/8 in., sheet 13-1/4 x 17-1/2 in.; gilt wood frame, 22-1/2 x 26-3/4 in.
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
90
Renard/De Wit - Chart of the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico, Louis Renard (1678-1746), after Frederick de Wit (1629-1706), Indiarum Occidentalium Tractus Littorales cum Insulis Caribicis, Amsterdam, circa 1715-1720, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 19-3/8 x 22-3/8 in., sheet 21 x 24-3/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 29 x 31-7/8 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
91
Pierre Mortier - Map of South Carolina
Pierre Mortier (1661-1711), Carte Particuliere De La Caroline..., Amsterdam, circa 1700, first state, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 19 x 23-1/2 in., sheet 21-1/8 x 24-5/8 in.; carved gilt wood frame, 30 x 34-1/2 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
93
Arent Roggeveen - Coastal Chart of the Southeast, 1675
Arent Roggeveen (1628-1679), Caerte van de Cust van Florida tot de Verginis Streckende van Cabo de Canaveral tot Baya de la Madalena, Amsterdam, 1675, from Roggeveen’s Het Eerste Deel van het Brandende Veen..., engraving on laid paper, plate 16-1/2 x 21-1/8 in., sheet 17-1/2 x 21-1/4 in.; carved gilt wood frame, 24-3/4 x 29-1/4 in.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Literature: Cumming, The Southeast in Early Maps, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pg. 165, map 74
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Henry Mouzon - Map of North and South Carolina, Henry Mouzon (1741-1807) An Accurate Map of North and South Carolina with their Indian Frontiers..., Published May 30th, 1775, Samuel Turner Sparrow (engraver), Robert Sayer (Publisher), John Bennett (Publisher), with inset maps of Charleston Harbor and Port Royal Harbor, originally in four sheets, now cut and laid on linen, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, 58-1/4 x 41-1/4 in.; figured and inlaid wood frame, 62-1/2 x 45-1/2 in.
Provenance: According to Jim Barrow, he purchased this map from Paul Cohen of Arkway in New York, and was told that it had belonged to Lafayette. The supporting documentation has been lost.
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
Regarded as one of the most significant maps of the Revolutionary War period, Mouzon’s map of the Carolinas was consulted by American, English, and French commanders during the Revolution, with the personal copies of figures such as George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton now held in permanent collections. Though little is known about Mouzon’s life, his map became a landmark work which was consulted and copied widely after its publication due to its level of detail and accuracy.
Literature: Cumming, William, North Carolina in Maps, pp. 21-22; Cumming, William, The Southeast in Early Maps, #450, pp. 449-450; Pritchard and Taliaferro, Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America, #44, figures 163, 164, pp. 208-211
95
Rare and Important Baltimore Inlaid Demilune Federal Card Table Maryland, 1780-1810, figured solid mahogany D shaped top, figured mahogany oval inlaid skirt, leg tops set with pictorial pattern colored inlays, finely tapered legs set with tassel inlay, double gate legs, white pine, oak, and yellow pine secondary woods, 29-1/2 x 35-3/4 x 17-1/2 in.
Provenance: Colwill-McGehee, Baltimore, Maryland
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Colwill-McGehee invoice records “the distinctive pictorial “tassel-inlay” satinwood panels are found on a very small group of Baltimore tables and sideboards (The Metropolitan Museum, Winterthur Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Maryland Historical Society and a private collection). Combined with the additional pictorial oval inlay of an acorn and oak leaves inset above in the pilasters, this particular table is most closely associated with the nearly identical card table in the collection of the Boston Museum (possibly the mate to the table offered here); both tables also share the same apron embellishment of three elongated oval satinwood panels surrounded by lightwood rectangular line inlay with hollow cut corners.” For related examples, see Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period in the Henry Francis Dupont Winterthur Museum catalog 351.
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston table is illustrated in Fairbanks, Furniture 1620 to the Present, pg. 225.
96
Very Fine Baltimore Federal Eagle Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table Maryland, 1790-1810, line inlaid figured mahogany top with quarter fan lightwood inlay, figured and line inlaid skirts with American Federal shield and spread wing eagle patera with green shading, tapered legs with bold bellflower chain inlay, spade feet, yellow pine and oak secondary, rosehead nails, 28-1/2 x 21 x 33-1/2 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
A closely related table with eagle patera inlay is in the collections of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms in the U. S. Department of State. See Conger, Treasures of State, cat no. 131.
97 Assembled set of Eight Baltimore Federal Shield Back Mahogany Chairs Maryland, circa 1800, comprising five side chairs and two open armchairs (closely matched), together with a related side chair with leaf inlaid central patera and line inlaid legs, serpentine front seat rails, modern striped upholstery, armchair 37-1/2 x 211/4 x 19 in., seat height 18-1/2 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Nearly identical chairs are in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg. See Hurst and Prown, Southern Furniture, pg. 124-125.
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Baltimore Federal Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table Maryland, circa 1790-1810, figured mahogany oval inlaid top with two drop leaves, inlaid skirts, the legs with oval wood patera with satinwood surrounds, bellflower inlaid legs with lightwood banded feet, 29 x 20-1/2 x 33 in.
Provenance: label for Leigh Keno American Antiques
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Target (ULAE 147), 1974, edition 29/70, signed lower right “Jasper Johns ‘74”, published by the artist and Simca Print Artists, Tokyo, Kenjiro Nonaka, Takeshi Shimada, printers, with blindstamp, screenprint in 23 colors on J.B. Green paper, 34-7/8 x 27-3/8 in., sheet 39-7/8 x 29-3/8 in., (86.36 x 68.58 cm.); modern frame, 47 x 39 in.
Provenance: Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, Texas, purchased in 1998 (accompanied by original receipt)
Estimate: $150,000 - $200,000
Literature: Johns, Jasper and Richard S. Field. The Prints of Jasper Johns 1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonné. New York: Universal Limited Art, 1994, No. 147, ill.
100 Kenneth Noland (New York/Maine/North Carolina, 1924-2010)
Greenbrier, 1966, signed verso canvas “Kenneth Noland 1966” and titled, acrylic on canvas, 94-1/2 x 23-5/8 in. (240 x 60 cm.); aluminum frame, 98-1/2 x 24-3/8 in.
Provenance: Helander Gallery, Palm Beach; Private Collection; Phillips, New York, May 15, 2015, lot 180; Property of an Important Private Collector, Europe; Phillips New York, May 15, 2019, lot 166
Estimate: $200,000 - $300,000
Exhibited: Palm Beach, Helander Gallery, Kenneth Noland: An Important Exhibition of Paintings from 1959 to 1989, February 7 - March 3, 1990
Lips, 1960, printed later, signed, dated and editioned mount recto, “Lips 1960 Ormond Gigli 3/10”, chromogenic print on paper, 17 x 27 in.; white finished wood frame, 26-1/4 x 35-3/4 in.
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
102 Robert Indiana (New York/Maine/Indiana, 1928-2018)
LOVE (Blue Faces Red Sides), conceived in 1966, executed in 1995, edition of 3/6 plus 4 artist’s proofs, stamped on the lower left interior edge of the ‘E’ “©1995 R INDIANA 3/6”, Milgo Bufkin, Brooklyn, fabricator, polychromed aluminum, 36 x 36 x 18 in. (91.44 x 91.44 x 45.72 cm.); accompanied by an acrylic pedestal, 42 x 36-1/4 x 18-1/8 in., shipping crate
Provenance: Collection of the Artist; Galerie Denise Rene, Paris, France; Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, Texas, purchased in 2001 (accompanied by original receipt)
Estimate: $300,000 - $500,000
“It was almost a kind of process of elimination, and that is, that with my work and particularly my early work, it’s almost like the architectural dictum that less is more and in a sense I got down to the subject matter of my work, to its bare bones: the subject is defined by its expression in the word itself. I mean LOVE is purely a skeleton of all that word has meant in all the erotic and religious aspects of the theme and to bring it down to the actual structure of the calligraphy itself is like a skeleton. It’s reducing it to the bare bones. It was really a matter of distillation.” - Robert Indiana
Exhibited: Galerie Denise René | Espace Marais, Paris, France, Hommage à Indiana, March 30 - May 23, 2001
Reference: Donald B. Goodall, “Conversations with Robert Indiana,” in Robert L. B. Tobin, William Katz, and Donald B. Goodall, Robert Indiana (Austin: University of Texas, 1977), p. 36.
Chair,
29-1/2 x 14-3/4 x 14-3/4 in.
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
For examples of the same form, see Sotheby’s, New York, Important 20th Century Design, December 15, 2011, lot 185 and Christie’s, New York, December 13, 2019, lot 120.
Josef Albers
(Connecticut/North Carolina/German, 1888-1976)
Study for Homage to the Square, Unavowed, (JAAF 1962.1.72), 1962, signed with monogram lower right in wet paint “JA 62”, signed on board verso “JAlbers 1962” with his notes, oil on board, 18 x 18 in. (45.72 x 45.72 cm.); metal frame, 18-5/8 x 18-5/8 in.
Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY, No. 13020 (label verso), 1970; Galerie Serge de Bloe, Brussels, Belgium, 1970; Studio Bassi, Milan, Italy (stamps, verso); Private collection, Milan;
Artesanterasmo, Milan, 2015;
Blain Southern Gallery, New York and London, No. 53870 (label verso)
Estimate: $150,000 - $250,000
Albers inscribes his materials and process verso, “Ground: six coats of Liquitex/Painting: paints used- frame down/_ bright Green (Grumbacher..)/Cadmium Green (Winsor & Newton); Oxydent Chromium (Winsor & Newton)...”
Brunk Auctions, in cooperation with the Josef and Annie Albers Foundation, will not be disseminating images of the verso. They have authenticated this work and it is registered as number JAAF 1962.1.72 in the catalogue raisonné which is under preparation.
105
Fine Rare American Classical Carved Giltwood Eagle Figural Sconce probably Boston, circa 1800-1820, large impressively conceived sconce with bold spread wing eagle over deeply carved shell above scrolling leafage and two candle arms, candle arms with “beehive” sockets, all above a leafy anthemion motif, Eastern white pine (by microanalysis) with gesso and gilding, 34-1/2 x 15-1/2 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee, purchased November 2000 (accompanied by original invoice)
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
106
Massachusetts State House Chairs: A Rare Pair of Boston Federal Barrel Back Armchairs Documented to The Shop of George Bright, by Bill of Sale Boston, made for the Boston State House in 1797 by George Bright, each mahogany frame with deeply bowed back, burgundy leather upholstery with brass tacking, loose seat cushion, turned legs with brass casters, 34-1/2 x 22-1/4 in.
Provenance: Thomas Colville (Colville owned a total of four chairs, selling two to the State of Massachusetts and retaining two until they were handled by Israel Sack); Israel Sack, purchased July 1997
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
In 1797, George Bright of Boston sold 30 chairs to “The agents for building the new State House, in Boston.” A signed receipt survives, recording Bright’s accepting payment, “To making 30 mahogany chairs and then...$240.” Chairs attributed to this historic group are now owned by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (two), The Bostonian Society (two), Winterthur Museum (two). Nine of the surviving chairs, including the two offered here, were examined in detail by Susan L. Buck, in her article “Variations in Boston State House Chairs” Maine Antiques Digest, April 1991. Slight variations in construction and measurement between the chairs examined in her report leaves open the possibility that more than one hand was at work in their creation.
The lot is accompanied by copies of Susan Buck’s Technical and Stylistic Comparison Report, as well as the Israel Sack receipt and invoice.
Literature: Illustrated in Israel Sack Inc.’s, brochure, Opportunities and American Antiques, number 51, page 28.
107
Rare Classical Ormolu George Washington Mantel Clock French, made for the American market, possibly by Jean-Bapiste Dubuc (1743-1817), dial with Roman numerals set in rectangular gilt bronze case above torch and banner applique with lettering “Washington/First in War, first in Peace, first in the hearts of his Countrymen”, surmounted by pyramid with all seeing eye, case flanked by gilt bronze figure of George Washington in military dress, atop rectangular base with central scene of Washington and Cincinnatus flanked by palm fronds, sides with foliate wreath decoration, with pendulum and two keys, 19-1/4 x 14-1/2 x 6 in.
Provenance: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Summer American Auction, August 3-4, 2002, lot 899; Sotheby’s, New York, January 26, 2013, lot 589, (accompanied by delivery receipt)
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000
108
Damien Hirst (British, born 1965)
Adrenalin, 1992, unsigned, gloss household paint on canvas, TL: pale pink, TR: orange, BL: red, BR: aqua, 29 x 31 in. (73.7 x 78.7 cm.); fine gold leaf frame, float mounted on acrylic, 37 x 39 in.
Provenance: Private Collection, United Kingdom; Private treaty sale via Christie’s to Kristy Stubbs Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 1998
Estimate: $200,000 - $300,000
“In the Spot Paintings the grid like texture creates the beginning of a system. On each painting no two colours are the same. This ends the simple system, it’s a simple system. No matter how I feel as an artist or a painter, the paintings end up looking happy.
I once said that the spot paintings could be what art looks like viewed through an imaginary microscope. They are what they are, perfectly dumb paintings, which feel absolutely right.” -Damien Hirst
Exhibited: Gagosian Beverly Hills, California Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011, January 12-February 10, 2012 (label verso); 11 Duke Street Ltd, London (label verso)
Literature: The Complete Spot Paintings, 1986-2011, published by Other Criteria and Gagosian Gallery, London , 2014. Pharmaceuticals, illustrated on a full page in color, p. 30, and catalog entry, p. 826.
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Egyptian Revival Marble and Gilt Bronze Mounted Mantel Clock, French, 19th century, dial with Roman numerals and lettering “Germain a Paris”, set in gilt bronze case over openwork drapery swags and sphinx figural supports, on stepped marble bases with gilt bronze star, mask, and classical scene decoration, bronze urn and reed finial with two swans, mask and sun pendulum, with winder key, 22 x 14 x 4-3/4 in.
Provenance: Northeast Auctions, Manchester, New Hampshire, November 11-12, 2000, lot 948
(accompanied by copy of catalog page)
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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A Fine Classical Rosewood Veneered Saddle Seat Window Bench attributed to New York, possibly shop of Duncan Phyfe, ca. 1825, the saddleseat frame with black upholstery, double curule form in figured solid and veneered rosewood, heavy ash rails, 16-1/4 x 45-1/2 x 16-1/2 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
111
Classical Carved and Giltwood Cornucopia and Fruit Decorated Mirror circa 1825, with spiral decorated cornucopia issuing leaf and fruit decoration with gilt and silvered surface centering an anthemion central mount, distressed oval mirror plate, carved leaf form drop, 37 x 30-1/2 in.
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000
112
Fine New York Classical Mahogany Marble Top Tambour Door Basin Stand possibly shop of Duncan Phyfe, circa 1800-1820, with rectangular dished marble top with cusped corners above a conforming case fitted with a finely constructed dovetailed drawer with mahogany secondary, highly figured mahogany veneers, over a cupboard with sliding tambour door with turned and reeded legs with brass paw feet, gilt brass lion mask tambour knob, gilt brass paw feet, 31-1/4 x 19-1/4 x 15 in.
Provenance: John Walton, Inc., Jewett City, Connecticut; Berry B. Tracy, New York; Sotheby’s, New York, the Collection of the late Berry B. Tracy, February 1, 1985, lot 741; Christie’s, New York, January 21, 2000, lot 190
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
113
A Masterpiece Boston Federal Inlaid Mahogany Sofa attributed to the John and Thomas Seymour Shop, possibly with John Cogswell, 1805-1812, with bowed crest rail, cross banding and lunette inlay with geometric borders, serpentine arms with unusual finely scrolled volutes at top and terminating in double volutes, finely inlaid skirt and rare incurvate inlaid legs, on casters, fully developed sides, fine upholstery, 37 x 78 x 25 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack, Inc.
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
This sofa ranks among the very finest to survive from Federal/Classical Boston, and there are few precedents for this exceptional, fully developed form. A card table with related cyma shaped legs with ebonized panels is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. See Randall, American Furniture in the MFA, no. 105. A sofa with related leg design is in the collections of the Winterthur Museum (see Montgomery, catalog no. 37). In discussing this sofa in The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, Mussey notes that “Few pieces of Boston Furniture represent such an original excursion into Regency design.”
Literature: Listed as a “Masterpiece” by Albert Sack in The New Fine Points of Furniture, page 254. Also illustrated in Israel Sack, Inc’s 90th Anniversary Catalog, page 72. Illustrated and discussed in Mussey, The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, catalog no. 140.
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A Very Rare Boston Federal Simon Willard Paint Decorated Lighthouse Clock
Roxbury, Massachusetts, circa 1818-1819, dial signed “Simon Willard”, two inked paper labels at case interior inscribed “Simon Willard/ for/William Saunders/1826” and “William Saunders. 1826/William A. Saunders. 1872”, painted iron dial with Roman numerals and original moon style hands set in brass bezel and frame with open sides exposing works, eight day brass movement, arch top brass movement plates surmounted by silvered false bell with fire gilt brass ball finial and brass ring, on removable brass plate with green velvet lining, situated atop a tapered cylindrical base with lower cove molding decorated in black, red, and gold paint, on painted square base with hinged front door opening to pendulum and weight, on ball feet, with blown glass dome cover, pendulum, weight, and winder key, 29-1/2 x 9 x 8 in.
Provenance: By 1938, with dealers Clapp & Graham; A Walpole Society Collector; By 1964, with John Walton; By 1977, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Gill; Christie’s, January 15-16, 2004, lot 458 (accompanied by catalog pages and copy of invoice; Milly McGehee (accompanied by letter of invoice with description)
Estimate: $60,000 - $90,000
Painted examples of the form are exceptionally rare, and this lighthouse clock is further distinguished by its fine condition, surviving with its original glass dome and brass feet.
The accompanying write up from Milly McGehee notes: “The painted case with iron dial and lower rectangular base places this example among a small group of Willard lighthouse clocks made prior to 1820. Simon Willard received a patent for these “patent alarm timepieces” in December of 1819. Most known examples made after that date have enamel (rather than painted) dials and are signed “Patent.” Most patent examples also have un-painted mahogany cases with octagonal or circular bases. The early features of this example indicate it was made prior to the patent and circa 1818-1819.”
Only a handful of painted examples are known to survive. The only other painted example sold publicly that is known to us sold Sotheby’s, January 1997. This example is illustrated in Albert Sack, New Fine Points of Furniture, pages 131 and 146, where it is listed as a “Masterpiece”.
Illustrated:
The Magazine Antiques, March, 1938, pg. 114;
The Walpole Society Notebook of 1954, plate 10;
The Magazine Antiques, May, 1977, pg. 994; Husher and Welch, A Study of Simon Willard’s Clocks, pg. 191, fig. 6.12
115
Fine American Federal Carved Mahogany Caned Open Armchair attributed to Philadelphia, probably for the Southern market, circa 1800, finely carved leaf and rosette decorated crest over a rosette and urn carved back, molded arms and arm supports, removable caned “summer” seat with original frame, on turned and reeded legs, ash seat blocking, 44 x 22-1/2 x 21-1/2 in.
Provenance: John Bivins, Jr.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
116
Rare 18th Century Charleston Engraving South Carolina, “A View of Charles Town, the Capital of South Carolina, in North America”, published by Carrington Bowles, London, circa 1772, after Thomas Mellis, on laid paper, 13-1/8 x 20-1/4 in. (image); modern wood frame Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
117 Fine Charleston Attributed Federal Inlaid Mahogany Card Table, ca. 1780-1800, with finely figured mahogany D-shaped top with triple line inlay, the inlaid skirt centering a square lightwood framed panel with lightwood and darkwood star inlay, the legs with lightwood inset patera over line and bellflower chain, inlaid tapered legs set on brass casters, 29-1/4 x 36 x 17-3/4 in.
Provenance: John Bivins Associates, purchased 2002, accompanied by write up from John Bivins discussing the table Estimate: $12,000 - $18,000
As the accompanying Bivins discussion indicates, “the variegated star found on the center tablet is a familiar Charleston motif, frequently seen on rosettes and prospect doors, and found on a card table signed by E.G. Sass, the son of one of the first German cabinetmakers to advertise in Charleston after the Revolution, and dated 1811.” Bivins goes on to note that “this table falls within the mainstream of neoclassical Charleston card tables and is an excellent example of the confluence of stylistic influences from both the Scottish and German schools of cabinetmaking.”
118
South Carolina Coin Silver Ladle Georgetown, mid 19th century, fiddle handle, marks for C. H. Jones & Co. (Georgetown, South Carolina, working 1850-1854/57), 12 in.
Provenance: J. Robert Warren Antiques, March 15, 2006 (accompanied by receipt)
Estimate: $500 - $800
119
Charleston Coin Silver Mug, Nathaniel Vernon South Carolina, early 19th century, can form with three rows of bands, marks for Nathaniel Vernon (Charleston, South Carolina, working 1801-1827), 5.38 oz. T., 3-7/8 in.
Estimate: $500 - $800
120
New York Coin Silver Mug, Marquand & Co. American, mid 19th century, round with die rolled borders, scroll handle, inscribed “Lucy Say Sisture/ from/H. Ball/1837”, marks for Marquand & Co. (New York, NY working 1833-1839), “New York”, 4.03 oz. T., 3-1/2 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Two Volumes, Rare Presentation Copies, by Carl Sandberg, New York: Harcourt, Brace, & Company, 1926, two volumes (complete), large octavo, deluxe signed limited first edition, one of only 12 with first state text and one of only 10 reserved for presentation, this numbered 10 and signed by the author for “Burt Massee, May you long go on travels with the phantom tall stranger and friend lurking in these pages”, numerous plates and illustrations throughout, blue paper covered boards, half tan cloth spine, printed spine labels, teg, uncut and partially unopened; with original blue dust jackets
Estimate: $1,000 - $3,000
122
Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Four Volumes, Signed and Numbered, by Carl Sandberg, New York: Harcourt, Brace, & Company, 1939, four volumes (complete), octavo, limited first edition set numbered “207” of 525, first volume signed by author, numerous photographic plates and illustrations contained throughout, original brown cloth boards with gilt stamped “signature” of Lincoln at front covers, morocco gilt title labels, teg, printed on rag paper with untrimmed fore edges; original cardboard slipcase Estimate: $600 - $900
Two Volumes, The History of the Civil War in America..., Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, The Camp, The Hospital, and the Cabin by John S. C. Abbott, Springfield, Massachusetts: Gurdon Bill, 1863 and 1866, first edition, complete in two volumes, original hardcover leather boards, gilt lettering at spine, marbled endpapers and edges, illustrated with numerous engravings
Estimate: $100 - $300
124
Exceptional Federal Inlaid Mahogany Valuables Box with Drawer Baltimore or Annapolis, Maryland, 1790-1805, appears to have an early pencil inscription or signature on bottom board (not fully legible), top with barber pole inlay centering a figured mahogany panel, surrounded by radiating veneers with additional line and barber pole inlay, open interior, front with conforming oval barber pole inlay centering a dynamic shaded ruffled conch shell patera inlaid with lightwood surround, single finely dovetailed drawer with inlaid false double front, above checkerboard scalloped skirt with lightwood fan inlay, set on French feet, 10 x 13 x 7-1/2 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1989;
Collection of Martin Wunsch; Sold Christie’s, New York, September 22, 2014, lot 15
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
Distinguished by its figured veneers and dramatic inlays, this box stands among the finest known surviving Federal examples of its type. As noted in the Christie’s catalog, when the box last appeared on the market, it is “a true gem of American craftsmanship ...a rare example of the form and replicates in miniature the refined cabinetry of Federal-era Baltimore and Annapolis. Meticulously delineated and shaded, the conch shell inlay points to the work of a specialist inlay maker, who, based on surviving examples, supplied cabinet makers working in these two American cities.” Related conch shell inlays can be found on the works of John Shaw of Annapolis and William Patterson of Baltimore, among others. For related works, see William Voss Elder and Lou Bartlett, John Shaw: Cabinetmaker of Annapolis, catalog no. 43, 44, 55, and Priddy III, Flanigan, and Weidman, “The Genesis of Neoclassical Style in Baltimore Furniture”, American Furniture, 2000, pg. 83-84, fig. 36-39.
Literature: Illustrated in Israel Sack, Inc., American Furniture from the Israel Sack Collection, vol. 9, pg. 2492.
125
Fine and Rare Pair of George I English Silver Doubled Lipped Sauce Boats
London, 1726, oval foot with molded and reeded borders and two double scroll handles, heraldic device with elaborate cartouche and three lion heads, marks for Samuel Margas, 34.28 oz. T., 4-1/2 x 8-1/2 x 7-1/4 in.
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
While receipts were not retained, these fine double lipped sauce boats, along with the other early silver on the following pages, was purchased by the Barrows almost exclusively though S. J. Shrubsole in New York.
126
Pair James II English Silver Casters
London, 1682, lighthouse form, pierced top and base rim with hearts and fleur de lis, rope border, heraldic device with sheath of wheat, marks for George Garthorne, .925 fine, 13.98 oz. T., 5-1/4 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
127 George I English Silver Mug London, 1726, rounded circular form with scroll handle, elaborate cartouche with lion and crescents, “P” monogram on top of handle, marks for Thomas Mason, 13.31 oz. T., 5-1/4 in.
Estimate: $500 - $800
128
Queen Anne English Silver Two Handle Cup
London, 1712, rope border, gadroon and stamped foliate decoration, two scroll handles, monogrammed cartouche, Britannia standard marks, marks for John Rand, .950 fine, 3.64 oz. T., 2-7/8 x 5-1/2 x 3-3/8 in.
Estimate: $400 - $800
129
Very Fine and Rare William and Mary Maple Gateleg Dining Table in Early Surface Rhode Island, 1720-1740, maple and birch with pine secondary, oval top with two drop leaves, single dovetailed drawer, finely turned legs and stretchers set on flattened ball feet, appears to retain its original finish, 28-1/4 x 48-1/2 in., opens to 61-1/4 in.
Provenance: A Connecticut Private Collector; Lillian Blankley Cogan, Farmington, Connecticut; Gordan Crumpler, Colonial Heights, Virginia; Crawford & Goodman Antiques, Richmond, Virginia; A Private Collector, Richmond, Virginia; The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle; sold Sotheby’s May 26, 1995, lot 372
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Related Rhode Island tables are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Chipstone Foundation. For more on this rare group, see Gronning and Carr, “Early Rhode Island Turners” in American Furniture, 2005.
130
George II English Silver Octofoil Salver London, probably 1731, octagonal form, central heraldic device with cross and shells, footed, monogram on back “WR/EB/3726”, maker possibly Philip Shaw, 22.17 oz. T., 1 x 10-1/4 in.
Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
132
Queen Anne English Silver Mug London, 1704, can form body with scroll handle, band decoration, monogrammed “M\S*S“ on top of handle, marks for Britannia Standard, .950 fine, maker’s mark illegible 10.79 oz. T., 4-1/2 x 6 x 4 in.
Estimate: $500 - $800
133
George III English Silver Mug London, 1762, shaped body with scroll handle with acanthus cap, base monogrammed “G/RS”, marks for Samuel Whitford I, .925 fine, 10.73 oz. T., 4-3/4 in.
Estimate: $400 - $800
131
Rare Queen Anne English Silver Snuffer and Stand London, 1708, octagonal domed base, knopped stem, scroll with matching snuffer, both with cross crest, marks for Matthew Cooper, 10.47 oz. T., stand 5 in.; snuffer 6 in.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
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138
Sargent Family Federal Inlaid Burlwood and Satinwood Work Table Boston, attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, 1800-1810, top in finely grained burlwood veneer surrounded by Greek key banding, rich, exuberant satinwood drawer facings and case sides, dovetailed drawers with tropical exotic hardwood secondary, one side with pull out work bag, finely turned and reeded legs with brass casters, 29-3/4 x 20 x 15-3/4 in.
Provenance: By descent in the Sargent family: Daniel Sargent III (1731-1806) and his wife, Mary Turner Sargent (1743-1813) Daniel Sargent IV (17641842), son Maria Osborne Sargent (1803-1835), his daughter and her husband, Thomas Buckminster Curtis (1795-1871, d. Paris) Daniel Sargent Curtis (1825-1908), son and his wife, Ariana Randolph Wormeley Curtis (1833-1922, d. Venice) Ralph Wormeley Curtis (1854-1922), son Eliza de Wolf Colt Rotch Curtis, his wife Sylvia Curtis Steinert (b. 1899), daughter; Lisa Curtis De Beaumont, sold Christie’s, January 18, 1997, lot 284;
Milly McGehee
Estimate: $60,000 - $90,000
This exceptional table is arguably the best Boston Federal work table in private hands. It was discovered at the Palazzo Barbaro in Venice, having been transported there in the mid 19th century by Daniel Sargent Curtis and his wife, Ariana Randolf Wormeley Curtis, as part of the furnishings for the 60-room palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice. Ariana was the granddaughter of Elizabeth Derby Preble, a niece of Elias Hasket Derby of Salem, thus linking this table to two of the most important families of early Boston - the Sargents and the Derbys. It is possible the table may have descended through the Derby family, as Ariana Curtis was the only surviving member of the Preble family. It is the mate to a table at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston (accession no. 1990.172). The sister table is illustrated in Vernon C. Stoneman, A Supplement to John and Thomas Seymour, Cabinetmakers in Boston, 1794-1816, catalog no. 49. Robert Mussey notes in his catalog entry for this table in The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour that, in addition to surviving extraordinarily well, the table is “even rarer in being one of a pair, the two being different only in their hardware pull patterns. The veneers on the tables are cut from the same flitches of veneer and placed identically on the various surfaces. The numerals “N1” and “2” (on this table) are inscribed in chalk on the matching drawer bottoms, indicating the tables were made in the Seymour shop at the same time.” The table offered here and its sister table at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, rank among the finest surviving examples from Federal Boston.
Literature: Robert D. Mussey Jr., The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, pg. 294-295
140 Cabinetmaker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book, In Three Parts by Thomas Sheraton, London: T. Bensley, 1791, first edition, quarto, 19th century full mottled calf with gilt decoration, gilt lettering at spine, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, aeg, illustrated frontispiece engraving, 65 copperplate engravings contained within (many folding)
Estimate: $600 - $900
139
Rare Document Signed by Cabinetmakers John Seymour, Sr. and Jr. Portland, Maine, surety bond dated March 16, 1790 and bearing signatures of cabinetmakers John Seymour and John Seymour, Jr., also signed by William Haggett, principal on the bond, 12 x 7-3/4 in., framed 20-1/4 x 15-3/4 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack, Inc., New York, NY (accompanied by copy of receipt)
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
This document is illustrated in A Supplement to John and Thomas Seymour by Vernon Stoneman, No. 75, page 103. According to the author, this document bears the only authentic signatures of John Seymour and John Seymour, Jr. and thus will present a means of authenticating their signatures. It also establishes them as cabinetmakers active in Portland in 1790 and prior to John Seymour’s move to Boston in 1794.
141
The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide: or, Repository of Designs for every article..., of Household Furniture, in the newest and most approved taste: displaying a great variety of patterns...In the Plainest and most Enriched Styles; with a Scale to each, and an Explanation in Letter Press. Also The Plan of a Room, shewing the proper distribution of the furniture. The whole exhibiting near Three Hundred Different Designs by A. Hepplewhite, London: I. and J. Taylor, 1794, folio, full contemporary speckled calf, red morocco label, third edition, containing 127 engraved plates; with J. Taylor’s four page Catalogue of Modern Books on Architecture bound in at the rear Estimate: $800 - $1,200
142
Extremely Fine Boston Federal Inlaid Cylinder Writing Desk attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, circa 1810, finely constructed, upper section with two dovetailed drawers with highly figured inlaid banding and surround, inlaid tambour cylinder opening to finely fitted interior with six highly figured drawers and pale blue painted cubby holes with baize lined writing slide, over three additional inlaid drawers, on turned and reeded legs with turned rosettes, set on casters, 44 x 35 x 22 in.
Provenance: Christie’s, June 2, 1990, lot 210; Northeast Auctions, March 3, 2001, lot 851
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000
143 Claudius Ptolemy - Ulm Map of the World, 1486 Claudius Ptolemy (fl. AD 127-145), engraver Johannes Schnitzer of Armszheim, Untitled map of the world surrounded by twelve headwinds, publisher Johann Reger (fl. 1480-1499) Ulm, 1486, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, sheet 16-3/4 x 22-3/4 in.; framed, 27-3/4 x 34 in.
Estimate: $80,000 - $100,000
Based on the works of Roman astronomer, mathematician, and geographer Claudius Ptolemy, this early world map engraved by Johannes Schnitzer of Armszheim was originally published in 1482 by Leinhart Holle. The map was reissued in 1486 by Johan Reger, who took over the publishing following Holle’s bankruptcy, and is distinguished from the earlier edition by the coloring of the seas, which has now faded to brown. Few examples of either edition are said to remain today, making this map an exceptional rarity.
Literature: Rodney W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World, London: Holland Press, 1983, no. 10
144 Bernardus Sylvanus - Cordiform Map of the World, 1511 Bernardus Sylvanus (b. 1465), Untitled, Venice, 1511, heart shaped projection surrounded by windheads and zodiacal signs, engraving with black and red lettering on laid paper, sheet 16-1/4 x 22-1/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 27 x 33 in.
Estimate: $18,000 - $24,000
145 Martin Waldseemüller - Map of the World, 1513, Martin Waldseemüller (c. 14751520), Orbis Typus Universalis Luxta Hydrographorum Traditionem, Strasbourg, 1513, from Ptolemy’s Geographia, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, sheet 18 x 25-1/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 24-1/2 x 29-3/4 in.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
146
Martin Waldseemüller - “The Admiral’s Map”, 1513, Martin Waldseemüller (c. 14751520), Tabula Terre Nove, Strasbourg, 1513, from Ptolemy’s Geographia, engraving on laid paper, fleur de lis/lily watermark, sheet 17-3/4 x 19-3/4 in.; painted and gilt wood frame, 26-1/4 x 28-3/4 in.
Estimate: $18,000 - $24,000
147 Oronce Fine - Double Cordiform Map of the World, 1540 Oronce Fine (1494-1555), Nova, Et Integra Universi Orbis Descriptio, Paris, 1540, publisher Christianus Wechelus, engraving on laid paper, sheet 12-7/8 x 16-5/8 in.; gilt wood frame, 16-1/4 x 21-1/4 in.
Estimate: $20,000 - $40,000
148
Münster/Holbein - 16th Century Map of the World Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) and Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543), Typus Cosmographicus Universalis, Basel, circa 1532-1555, for Simon Grynaeus and Johann Huttich’s Novus Orbis Regionum, engraving on laid paper, sheet 14-7/8 x 22-7/8 in.; gilt wood frame, 22-1/2 x 30 in.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
149 Sebastian Münster - Map of the Americas, 1540 Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), Novae Insulae XVII Nova Tabula, Basel, 1540, text in Latin verso, first state, from Münster’s Geographia, engraving on laid paper, sheet 11-3/4 x 14-3/8 in.; carved and gilt wood frame, 20-1/2 x 23-1/4 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
150 Giovanni Battista Ramusio - Map of the World, 1606 Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557), Universale Della Nuovamente Parte Del Mondo Ritrovata, Venice, 1606, engraving on laid paper, sheet 12-1/2 x 15 in., unframed
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
151 Commonwealth English Silver Beaker London, 1654, round with flared rim, engraved decoration with torch, foliate, and ribbons, heraldic device with eagles, gilt interior, maker probably George Day or Dixon, .925 fine, 5.86 oz. T., 4-1/8 in.
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
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Continental Silver Beaker early 18th century, round with tapering sides, egnraved floral, scroll decoration, heraldic device with arms presenting flowers, gilt interior and highlights, “1707”, “I*P”, marked on base “FW”, 4.58 oz. T., 3-5/8 in.
Estimate: $500 - $800
153
Charles II English Silver Tumbler Cup London, 1680, round cup, engraved foliate decoration with heraldic device with arm and arrow, marks for Robert Cooper, .925 fine, 6.12 oz. T., 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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156
Fine Elnathan Taber Massachusetts Federal “Rocking Ship” Tall Case Clock Roxbury, 1800-1810, arched painted dial signed “warranted by E. Taber”, rocking ship with American flag, gilt and polychromed and gilt geometric spandrels, dial with gilt highlights, seconds sweep, date aperture, and brass movement, arched pediment with open fretwork and brass finials, waisted case with reeded corner columns with brass capitals and bases, inlaid base with French feet, case door with original printed label “directions for fitting up a clock”, 101 x 18-1/4 x 10 in.
Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000
157
Antonio Floriano - Map of the World, 1555
Antonio Floriano, Untitled, Venice, 1555, double hemisphere map cut into 36 gores in the manner of printed globes, engraving on laid paper, map sheet (cut and laid onto backing), 18-1/4 x 32-1/2 in., overall 20-1/4 x 35 in.
Provenance: Richard B. Arkway, Inc., New York (pictured in Catalog 54); Cheryl M. Newby, Inc., Pawleys Island, South Carolina (label verso and accompanied by copy of letter of receipt)
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
Bearing no title, location, or date, this rare and striking Renaissance map of the world by Antonio Floriano of Udine was most likely published in 1555, when Floriano applied for a privilege to print “a mappemonde which has never been made before, with the aid of which one can easily study and learn cosmography and see the entire picture of the world, since it can be reduced to spheric form.” Based on Gerard Mercator’s 1538 world map, it is unusually rendered as 36 globe gores, and features little ornamentation aside from two portrait cartouches at the upper corners depicting Ptolemy and Floriano, the other cartouches having been left blank.
Literature: Rodney W. Shirley, The Mapping of the World, London: Holland Press, 1983, no. 99
158
18kt. Audemars Piguet Automatic Skeleton Watch cal. 21C finely pierced and engraved automatic movement, 36 jewels, skeletonized dial, Roman numerals on white outer ring, snap-on sapphire crystal display back case, crystal and movement signed “Swiss Made”, “Audemars PIguet”, “C-89595”, “2120/1”, “32998”, 18kt. yellow gold case; Audemars Piguet buckle marked “750 AP & CO”, 18kt. yellow gold, 33.8 grams
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
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Gerard Mercator - Map of the Arctic, 1595 Gerard Mercator (1512-1594), Septentrionalium Terrarum descriptio, Amsterdam, 1595, text in Latin verso, first state, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, plate 14-5/8 x 15-5/8 in., sheet 16-1/2 x 20-5/8 in.; wood frame, 24 x 25-1/4 in.
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
162
Peter Schenk - Map of North and South America, 1695 Peter Schenk (1660-1711), America Septentrionalis Novissima / America Meridionalis Accuratissima, Amsterdam, 1695, engraving on laid paper with hand colored highlights, plate 19-1/2 x 22-1/2 in., sheet 20 x 23-1/2 in.; figured and gilt wood frame, 27-1/4 x 30-1/4 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
160
Peter Apian - Cordiform Map of the World
Peter Apian (1495-1552), Charte Cosmographique, auec les Noms, Proprietez, Nature & Operations des Vents, Antwerp, 1544 or later, engraving on laid paper, sight 8-3/4 x 12-1/2 in.; carved painted wood frame, 17-1/2 x 21 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
161
Johannes van Keulen - Chart of the New World, 1684 Johannes van Keulen (1654-1715), Pascaerte van West Indien..., Amsterdam, 1684, engraving on thick laid paper with hand colored highlights, sheet 21 x 24-1/2 in.; carved wood frame, 29-1/2 x 33 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
163
Michael Mercator - Map of the Western Hemisphere Michael Mercator (ca. 1567-1600), America sive India Nova ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris..., Amsterdam, circa 1595, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, plate 14-3/4 x 18-1/2 in., sheet 15-3/4 x 19-3/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 22-3/8 x 26 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
164 Petrus Plancius - Double Hemisphere Map of the World Petrus Plancius (1552-1622), Orbis Terrarum Typus De Integro Multis In Locis Emendatus..., Amsterdam, circa 1605-1640 (originally published 1594), engraver Jan van Doetecum, engraving on laid paper, sheet 16-3/4 x 23-1/8 in.; carved wood frame, 26-1/4 x 32-1/2 in.
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
165
Fine Pair Federal Inlaid Mahogany Shield Back Side Chairs attributed to Boston, 1805, each with shield back centering fan and quarter fan inlays, serpentine front seat rails, over the rail brick red star decorated upholstery, molded legs with stretchers, 37 x 21-1/2 x 21-1/2 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee, purchased 1996
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
An identical pair of chairs is in the collection of the Winterthur Museum. See Montgomery, American Furniture, The Federal Period, pg. 88, catalog no. 34.
166
Fine American Federal Inlaid Mahogany Pembroke Table probably New York, 1790-1810, double line inlaid figured mahogany oval top with two drop leaves, single dovetailed drawer, legs with lightwood “bookend” panels over chains of husks, on tapered legs with ebonized cuffs, poplar, pine, and maple secondary, 28 x 20-1/2 x 32 in.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
A pair of very closely related New York pembroke tables is in the Mabel Brady Garvan Collection at Yale. See Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses, cat. no. 61.
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
167
Kaerius/Jansson - Carte a Figures World Map, 1632
Pieter van den Keer (Petrus Kaerius, c. 1571-1646), Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula, publisher Jan Jansson (1588-1664), Amsterdam, 1632, fourth state, engraving on laid paper, sheet 18-3/4 x 22-7/8 in.; carved, painted, and gilt wood frame, 30 x 34 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
168
Jean Bellere - Map of the Americas, ca. 1554
Jean Bellere (c. 1526-1595), Brevis Exactaq Totius Novi Orbis Eiusq Insularum Descriptio Recens A Ioan Belllro Edita, Antwerp, circa 1554, from Lopez de Gomara’s La Historia de las Indias, based on the travels of Ayllon, Gomes and Fagundes, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, sheet 6-7/8 x 5-3/4 in.; carved gilt wood frame, 12 x 10-3/4 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
169
Abraham Ortelius - 16th Century Map of North and South America
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), Americae Sive Novi Orbis Nova Descriptio, Antwerp, circa 1579, text in Latin verso, second edition, from Ortelius’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, sheet 17-1/2 x 21-7/8 in.; carved and painted frame, 25 x 30 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
170
Very Rare and Possibly Unique Federal Inlaid Cherry and Maple Marble Top Side Table Boston, Massachusetts or vicinity, 1800-1810, poplar secondary, the variegated gray marble top inset into a line and quarter fan inlaid cherry molding with double line inlaid front edge, single dovetailed drawer with inset birdseye maple panel, with inlaid surround and flanked by additional birdseye maple panels, the lower edge with lunette inlay, reeded legs and turned feet, the back of the table similarly inlaid with birdseye maple panels and lunette inlaid skirt, 28-1/2 x 19-1/4 x 17-3/4 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack, New York, purchased July 1997, (accompanied by original invoice and description)
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
The Sack receipt records that “to our knowledge, the marble top in the table of this form is unique.”
Illustrated: in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection Volume 10, page 2580, also illustrated in Israel Sack Inc.’s 90th Anniversary Catalog, page 110.
171
Very Rare Pair Pennsylvania Chippendale Walnut Dish Top Tea Tables, 18th century, each with figured dished top tilting on a birdcage support above a ring and baluster tripod base with slipper feet, 28-1/2 x 32-1/4 x 32-3/4 in.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
172
Very Fine Massachusetts Federal Carved Inlaid Open Armchair circa 1790s, possibly Samuel McIntire, shield shaped back with serpentine crest and finely carved with central basket of fruit flanked by leaves and acorns, over husk, leaf, and bellflower chain carving above lightwood fan lunette, scrolled arms on molded supports, serpentine front seat rail with gold striped silk upholstery, molded tapered legs with stretchers, 37-1/4 x 32-1/2 x 21-1/4 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee
Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
Closely related chairs are illustrated in Dean Lahikainen, Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style, pg. 53-55. With slight variation in carving and other details, chairs of this design are variously attributed to Jacob Sanderson, William Fisk, and Samuel McIntire. Fisk is known to have made a set of related chairs for John Hancock. A set of four related side chairs are in the collections of Winterthur Museum. Another example is at the Chipstone Foundation, and another is at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
173
Rare Pair American Federal Mahogany Pembroke Tables possibly Rhode Island, circa 1815, highly figured single board mahogany tops with two drop leaves, two false drawers, on spiral turned legs, 29 x 22 x 34-1/4 in.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York, January 17, 1997, lot 837
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
174
Rumold Mercator - Map of the World Rumold Mercator (1545-1599), Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio Quam ex Magna Universali Mercatoris... MDLxxxvii, originally published Geneva, 1587, this example of a later unknown date (probably 17th century), blank verso, plate 11-1/4 x 20-3/4 in., sheet 12-1/4 x 21-1/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 191/4 x 28-1/2 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
175 Sebastian Münster - 16th Century Map of the World Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), Typus Universalis, Basel, circa 1540-1550, text in Latin verso, first edition, engraving on laid paper, sheet 12-1/4 x 14-3/4 in.; gilt wood frame, 20 x 24 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
176
Pieter Goos - 17th Century Map of the Caribbean Pieter Goos (ca. 1616-1675), Pascaerte Van Westindien De Vaste Kusten En de Eylanden, Amsterdam, circa 1666, in Goos’s De Zee Atlas ofte Water-Weereld, engraving on laid paper, sight 17-1/2 x 21-1/2 in.; painted frame with gilt corner highlights, 27-1/4 x 30-3/4 in.
Estimate: $600 - $900
177
Abraham Ortelius - 16th Century Map of Florida and Central America, Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), La Florida; Guastecan; Peruviae Auriferae Regionis Typus; Antwerp, circa 1584, Florida author “Hieron. Chaves” (Geronimo de Chaves, 1523-1574 Royal Cosmographer to Philip II of Spain), engraving on laid paper with hand coloring, sight 15 x 20 in.; gilt wood frame, 22-1/2 x 27-1/2 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600
178
Tommaso Porcacchi - Map of North America
Tommaso Porcacchi (1530-1585), Descrittione del l’Isola et Terra di Sancta Croce, overo Mondo Nuovo, circa 1572-1620, engraver Girolamo Porro, from Poracchi’s L’Isole Piu Famose Del Mondo, sight 10-1/2 x 7-1/4 in.; painted and gilt wood frame, 18-3/8 x 14-3/8 in.
Provenance: Richard B. Arkway, Inc., New York, NY (accompanied by copy of receipt dated November 1997)
Estimate: $400 - $600
179
A Rare and Important Boston Federal Inlaid Mahogany Pedimented Tambour Desk circa 1800, one of only three known, attributed to the shop of John and Thomas Seymour, the three section desk in highly figured mahogany, the pedimented top section with hinged fall front surrounded by an inlaid plinth and urn finial, the tambours finely inlaid with bellflower chains and opening to reveal a blue green fitted interior, fitted with its original baize lined writing surface, the case sides with original brass carrying handles, the lower section with hinged lid with inlaid edge opening to the original blue baize lined writing surface, over three graduated doors each fitted with exceptionally rare original cobalt blue enameled pulls, on inlaid legs with pierced and carved knee returns, 66 x 37-1/2 x 27-1/2 in.
Provenance: Descendants of William and Hannah Cranch Bond;
Vernon C. Stoneman, Belmont, Massachusetts (author of the first monograph on the Seymours); Dorothy Stoneman, New York;
Sotheby’s New York, December 8, 1984 (cover of the Important American Furniture catalog); Skinner Auctions, March 1998;
Milly McGehee
Estimate: $60,000 - $90,000
Only two other examples of this remarkable pedimented tambour desk form are known to survive from Federal America, and to our knowledge this is the only example still in private hands. The first is in the collections of The White House. The other example descended in the Proctor family and sold at Sotheby’s in 1972 and the famous Lansdale Christie’s sale, and subsequently to the collection of George and Linda Kaufman. (See Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection, plate 84). Examples without the pediment include a labeled Seymour example at the Winterthur Museum (frontis of Mongomery’s book on Federal Furniture at Winterthur). The example offered here is distinguished by its dramatic and rare cobalt blue enameled drawer pulls, which are original to the desk. Extensive research including microscopic finish analysis executed by Susan Buck subsequent to the sale have clarified that the pediment is also from the Seymour shop. Copies of the examination report and the finish analysis results accompany the desk.
Literature: illustrated in Vernon Stoneman, John and Thomas Seymour Cabinet Makers in Boston 1974-1816, pages 88 and 89.
Exhibited: Concord Antiquarian Society; The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1958-1984
180
Fine and Rare Boston Federal Figured Satinwood Inlaid Work Table
attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, ca. 1810, highly figured banded and inlaid top with biscuit corners centering a birdseye maple veneered panel, the upper drawer fitted with a ratcheted writing board with early green baize lining above an additional drawer, both with lion mask brass pulls, the drawers finely dovetailed with mahogany secondary, the case sides and back with double panel inlays, one side fitted with a pull out work bag, finely turned and reeded legs on brass casters, 29-1/2 x 21-3/4 x 17-1/2 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee, in consultation with Robert Mussey, Jr.
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000
A handful of other highly inlaid Boston work tables from the Seymour School are known. See, for example, The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour by Robert D. Mussey, Jr., catalog numbers 82 and 84, the latter now in the collections of the White House Historical Association.
Another closely related Seymour work table is illustrated in Sack, The New Fine Points of American Furniture, p. 308, where it is listed as a “Masterpiece.”
181
Rare Labeled Inlaid Figured Mahogany Work Table New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1800-1810, original paper label of Matthew Egerton, inscribed “Matthew Egerton Cabinetmaker in Burnet St., New Brunswick, NJ”, two dovetailed drawers, 31-1/2 x 19 x 14-3/4 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack purchased November, 1999 (accompanied by original receipt)
Estimate: $5,000 - $8,000
182
Fine Rare Federal Carved Mahogany Armchair attributed to Ephraim Haines, Philadelphia, circa 1805, retaining an old dark possibly original surface, reeded crest with finely leaf and rosette carved decoration, reeded back, arm, arms supports, and legs, serpentine front seat rail, brick red silk upholstery, 35 x 41-3/4 x 19-3/4 in.
Provenance: Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village (bears accession number 59.123.2); Sotheby’s, New York, January 18, 2001, lot 690
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
183
Untitled, 1990, signed and dated verso on canvas “James Rosenquist 1990”, oil on canvas backed with wood paneling, 79-7/8 x 66 in. (200.66 x 167.64 cm.); unframed
Provenance: Private Collection, acquired from the artist; Phillips de Pury & Company New York, November 15, 2007, Lot 56
Estimate: $300,000 - $500,000
“My idea was to do a new kind of picture that spilled out the front of the picture plane, instead of receding. Every painting in history had always been like looking out an aperture. But because of this advertising, which I hated, I wanted to try putting fragments of realistic objects into space and having the biggest one be so big you couldn’t quite tell what it was. I just wanted to make a mysterious painting. I still don’t know if I ever succeeded, but it was a feeling I had.” - James Rosenquist
This quote defines “painting below zero,” a phrase coined by Rosenquist to explain his desire to take the viewer into virtual places by using the familiar, in this case the calla lilies, to create a platform for color and the nonobjective expression of art.
References: Ratcliff, C. (2017), “Below Zero: James Rosenquist’s art eschews purity to reach an eye-popping clarity.” Art & Antiques, April, 2017, pp 63-71.
Literature: Esplund, Lance, “Mid-Century Modernizing”, House and Garden, 168, no. 3 (March, 1999): 140 - 47, illus. p. 144, installation view.
Horse
Provenance:
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Horse and Rider is one of the few humans that Ryder has created that doesn’t wear a mask. Most of Ryder’s figures have minotaur or hare masks.
“I add the objects to create a more interesting texture and to add an element of fun. Some of the objects are everyday things that have broken or that I found relevant to that year or my children’s favourite toys (they weren’t too happy about that).
Some of the pieces are from other sculptures and I often feel like using them again. It’s like I want to add graffiti to my work so that the surface has a story as well as the sculpture itself.” -Sophie Ryder
Sunrise, 1965, one of only 3 or 4 known, signed lower right “rf Lichtenstein”, published by the artist, New York, screenprint, in yellow, red, and black, on silk panel, sight 45 x 40-1/4 in., total approximately 49-1/2 x 44-3/4 in.; black frame
Provenance: Private Collection, New York, acquired directly from the artist; Swann Auction Galleries, sale 2415, May 12, 2016, lot 153
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000
According to Corlett and Fine, “The image on the fabric was designed by Lichtenstein. It was made into a dress, designed by Leigh Rudd Simpson specifically for Lichtenstein’s friend Letty Lou Eisenhauer to wear to his opening at the Galerie Ileana Sonnabend in Paris in 1965. In addition to the dress, one other panel is known to exist. See page 26 for photograph of the dress.”
See: Corlett, M.L and R.E. Fine, Lichtenstein online catalogue raisonne. https://www.imageduplicator.com/main.php?work_id=3831&year=1965&decade=60#
186
Modern Painting in Porcelain, 1967, edition 2/6, in addition to 2 APs, signed verso “rf Lichtenstein”, porcelain enamel on steel, 351/2 x 45 in. (87.6 x 114.3 cm.)
Provenance: Solomon & Co. Fine Art, New York, NY (label verso)
Estimate: $100,000 - $150,000
See: Corlett, M.L and R.E. Fine, Lichtenstein online catalogue raisonne https://www.imageduplicator.com/main. php?decade=60&year=67&work_id=332
187
Setting Sun and Sea (LC-194), edition 5/5, signed verso and dated “rf Lichtenstein”, blue and white porcelain enamel on steel, 36 x 72 x 2 in. (91.4 x 182.9 x 5.1 cm)
Provenance: Estate of Roy Lichtenstein (LC-194); OK Harris Works of Art, New York; offered Sotheby’s, New York, NY, 1990; Sotheby’s New York, purchased privately in 2002 for $150,000 (accompanied by the original receipt)
Estimate: $200,000 - $300,000
Exhibited: Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York, Roy Lichtenstein Landscapes, November 1964.
See: Corlett, M.L and R.E. Fine, Lichtenstein online catalogue raisonne https://www.imageduplicator.com/main.php?decade=60&year=64&work_id=244#
References: Judd, Donald, “In the Galleries: Roy Lichtenstein”, Arts Magazine 39, no. 3, December 1964, pg. 66, b/w repro.; Johnston, Jill, “Roy Lichtenstein”, Artnews 63, No. 8, December 1964, p. 15 illust.
188
Marjorie Strider
(New York/Oklahoma, 1934-2014)
Green Vertical, 1964, foam resin and epoxy resin on Masonite with acrylic and oil, 96-1/4 x 48 x 10 in. (243.8 x 121.9 x 25.4 cm.)
Provenance: Pace Gallery, New York, NY (label verso); Christie’s New York, September 30, 2010, lot 133; Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY, 2011
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
John Yau, in his essay for the exhibition, references this work and others such as Green Horizontal stating in summary, “...Strider not only underscores that growth and ripening are an inherent part of the life cycle, but openly celebrates sexuality and desire. Strider may well have intended to undermine minimalist insistence on paint just being paint. That Strider did these works at a time when literalism was preferred over associations of any sort amounted to a direct challenge to the Minimalist credo, which Frank Stella pithily stated as ‘what you see is what you see.’ Not so in Strider’s work. She might sum up her work of the 1960s this way: what you see is what you are thinking. And what everybody seems to be thinking about, is sex. Her work is an uncomfortable reminder of our baser instincts. This is why she needed to make it ‘comically obscene.’ Laughter is a form of release, a way to diminish the tension as well as acknowledge the conflict.”
Exhibited: Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, Marjorie Strider, March 10-April 2, 2011, No. 28, ill. (accompanied by a copy of the catalog and a magazine)
189 Jim Dine (New York, Ohio, born 1935)
The Wind Blows Yellow, 1992, signed and dated verso “Jim Dine 1992” and titled, oil on canvas, 84 x 84-1/4 in.; unframed
Provenance: Pace Galleries, purchased in 1997, (label verso, accompanied by a transparency of the painting)
Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000
190
Exceptional American Federal Flame Birch and Birdseye Maple Sofa Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1810, arched mahogany back with inset birdseye maple panels, conforming figured maple inset arms and arm supports, flame birch leg panels, on reeded and turned legs and feet, striped pink upholstery, fully finished and inlaid back, 34-1/2 x 74-1/2 x 24 in.
Provenance: Dr. C. Ray Franklin; sold Christie’s, October 1984, lot 444; Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson; sold Christie’s, January 1995, lot 1168; Northeast Auctions, August 4, 2002, lot 872; Milly McGehee (accompanied by original invoice)
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
This exceptional American sofa has a storied history, passing through the hands of the famous collections of Dr. C. Ray Franklin and Eddy Nicholson. A nearly identical sofa is illustrated in Brock Jobe, Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, catalog no. 106, which descended in the Tredick and Brewster families of Portsmouth and is well documented to the town.
Another closely related example is in the collections of the Winterthur Museum (see Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period, cat. no. 271).
191
An Exceptional Boston Federal Figured Satinwood and Mahogany Inlaid Top Candle Stand Boston, attributed to the shop of Thomas Seymour 1800-1810, the oval top edged with barber pole inlay and the flat oval surface with alternating mahogany and satinwood rays, all centering an inlaid crotch satinwood oval; this above the baluster and urn shaped standard supported by the tripod base of arched spider legs ending in spade feet, 29-1/2 x 16-1/8 x 24-1/8 in.
Provenance: CRN Auctions, Cambridge Massachusetts, January 2007;
Robert Mussey and Milly McGehee
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Many candle stands survive from Federal Boston, but arguably only two nearly identical examples rival the quality of this example. One is in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston collection (see Randall, American Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, pages 142-143 no. 108, scan attached), and one in Stoneman’s John and Thomas Seymour, no. 202. The candle stand is also related to the great demilune commode by Seymour, also in the collections of the Museum in Fine Arts Boston.
192
Fine New England Federal Flame Birch and Mahogany Bow Front Shaving Mirror ca. 1810, with figured scrolled crest over a tilting rectangular mirror on brass inlaid supports above a D-shaped top with inlaid edges, over two bookmatched flame birch veneered bowfront drawers, dovetailed construction with white pine secondary, turned feet, brass inlaid skirt, 23 x 18 x 9-1/4 in.
Provenance: Sticker inside for Northeast Auctions lot 930
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
193
Federal Inlaid Mahogany Canterbury possibly American, circa 1800, mellow old surface with divided top over single dovetailed drawer, red cedar and tropical exotic secondary, other mixed secondary woods, brass casters, 21-1/4 x 19 x 13-3/4 in.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, New York
Estimate: $600 - $900
194
Fine Massachusetts Federal Figured Mahogany Serpentine Dressing Table Boston or Salem, circa 1815, with highly figured shaped top with reeded edge, above single bowfront figured mahogany drawer, on turned and reeded legs, 33 x 37 x 18 in.
Provenance: David Dunton, purchased September, 1997 (accompanied by original receipt)
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
195
Fine Federal Style Flame Birch Inlaid Mahogany Lolling Chair finely crafted by Peter Aleska, Cherry Brook Woodworks, November 2005, tall back with serpentine crest on shaped arms with scrolls volutes and stop fluted arm supports, flame birch inlaid legs, set on casters, 47-1/2 x 24-1/2 x 26 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
196
Very Rare American Federal Fan Inlaid Mahogany Serving Tray attributed to Steven Badlam, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1790-1810, large oval tray with scalloped gallery and brass handles centering an oval satinwood fan inlaid panel, 2 x 323/4 x 18-3/4 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee in consultation with Robert Mussey (accompanied by handwritten note to Jim Barrow “attached digital images of the Steven Badlam tray at Robert’s. Badlam and Seymour were buddies, which is how Mussey came by this piece...”)
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Very closely related serving trays with scalloped galleries and fan inlay branded by Badlam include an example recorded in the Winterthur Dapac Files, 65.850, ex collection of Benjamin Flayderman. A second branded Badlam tray with closely related galleries is illustrated in Mabel Swan, “General Steven Badlam - Cabinet and Looking Glass Maker”, The Magazine Antiques, May 1954, pg. 383.
197
Rare American Federal Inlaid Mahogany Tambour Door Basin Stand attributed to Boston, circa 1815, old probably original surface, hinged lid with brass catch opening to interior basin support, above a tambour door cabinet, finely turned legs, inlaid skirt, 32 x 16 x 15-3/4 in.
Provenance: Christopher Rebollo
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
198 American Federal Inlaid Birdseye Maple Drop Panel Chest attributed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1790-1810, underside with painted initials and date “DHM 18_9”, bowfront form with highly figured birdseye maple drawer facings with line inlay and original brass pulls, flame birch drop panel, tall French feet, birch top and case sides, 37-3/4 x 40-3/4 x 22 in.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
199◉
Rare and Important Rhode Island Federal Inlaid Figured Mahogany Serpentine Sideboard Providence area, dated 1803, traces of chalk signature or inscription on backboard, figured line inlaid top with lightwood oval cartouche with initials “J.E.W. 1803”, elaborately inlaid form with figured mahogany, lightwood inlays, and rosewood banding, cherry, chestnut, and white pine secondary, inlaid escutcheons, six dovetailed drawers, one with false double front, central drink slide with baize lining, legs inlaid with icicles and incised lozenges in alternating shades of dark and lightwood, tapered spade feet with panels of inlaid burlwood, appears to retain original brasses, 39-1/8 x 66-1/8 x 24 in.
Provenance: Leigh Keno American Antiques (accompanied by original receipt and write up)
Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000
One other known Rhode Island sideboard follows the exuberant script of this unknown cabinet maker. Formerly in the Kaufman Americana Collection, that sideboard descended in the Rhodes and Corbin families of Providence. The Kaufman sideboard features a related inlaid oval at the top inscribed “J.B. 1803.” Both sideboards exhibit similar cases with central drawers over a sliding drink tray and tall inlaid tapered legs. The inlaid decoration of the two sideboards also follows the same pattern with icicle, dark and lightwood inlays on the sides of the front legs, a patterned top edge, cross banded drawers, intertwined ovals descending from a heart on the stiles, line inlaid columns flanking the doors, and legs outlined by stringing and descending motifs. For the Kaufman example, see Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection, 1986, pg 213; Eleanor Monahan, “Providence Cabinetmakers of the 18th and 19th Centuries”, The Magazine Antiques, May 1965, pg. 573-579; and Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from the Israel Sack Collection, vol. 7, pg. 1940.
200
Exceptional Federal Carved Mahogany Upholstered Side Chair
Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1795, carving attributed to Samuel McIntire (1757-1811), shield back centering three finely carved rosette and bellflower chain slats, above a carved leafy lunette, carving with punchwork ground, serpentine front seat rail with striped silk upholstery, tapered legs carved with rosettes issuing bellflower chain carved in relief, 38-1/2 x 21-1/2 x 20 in., seat height 17 in.
Provenance: Leigh Keno American Antiques, purchased January 2003 (accompanied by original invoice and write up with condition report)
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
This fine chair is nearly identical to a set of four chairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and may be from the same set. See Robert Bishop, The American Chair: Three Centuries of Style, pg. 243, no. 359. Another chair from this set is illustrated full page in Dean Lahikainen, Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style, pg. 167, fig. 4-151.
201
Fine American Federal Barrel Back Lolling Chair in Early Surface
Massachusetts, circa 1800, tall tapered barrel back form, molded mahogany arms and legs, deeply flared rear legs, fine lustrous old surface, modern green upholstery, 40 x 28 x 19 in.
Provenance: Milly McGehee
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
A closely related barrel back lolling chair, bearing the label of maker Lemuel Curtis, is in the collections of the Winterthur Museum. See Montgomery, Federal Furniture, cat. no. 116.
202 (pictured opposite page)
Fine Rare Boston Federal Birdseye Maple Parcel Gilt Dressing Chest attributed to Thomas Seymour, possibly with John Seymour, circa 1809-1814, with gilt and glazed leafage by John Penniman, original hardware, probably original surface, top with rotating oval mirror with highly parcel gilt and ebonized surround, rotating on a scrolled birdseye maple inlaid and stencil gilt decorated support, above three small drawers, lower case with four drawers, all with brass lion head pulls, very highly figured birdseye maple with mahogany and ebonized banding, reeded and turned legs and feet, 70 x 39 x 20-1/2 in.
Provenance: Skinner Auctions, October 28, 2012 lot 182, (accompanied by an extensive examination report from the Skinner catalog by Robert Mussey Jr.)
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000
“The possible first owner of this chest may have been wealthy Boston merchant and politician, John Phillips, (1770-1823). Phillips built an elegant Federal style house in 1804 at a fashionable address on Beacon Street, Boston, at the corner of Walnut Street, where he lived until his death. A later descendant of his owned the chest, but it might have descended from another ancestor...” (excerpted from Mussey’s examination report)
Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow
203
George III English Silver Candelabra and Old Sheffield Plate Branches Sheffield, 1805, round candlesticks, urn sockets, gadroon border, marks for John Roberts & Co., .925 fine, weighted bases, with Old Sheffield Plate three cup, two arm branches, 20 x 16-1/2 x 6 in.
Provenance: Shrubsole, New York, January 17, 1997 (accompanied by receipt)
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
204
George III English Silver Telescoping Candlestick Sheffield, 1812, round with gadroon decoration, urn form socket, family crest monogram on base and bobeche, telescoping post, marks for John Roberts & Co., weighted base, 8-1/2 in. to 11 in.
Estimate: $200 - $300
205
Fine Boston Federal Inlaid Mahogany Sofa Massachusetts, 1800-1810, with molded and downswept arms with reeded back panels and turned and reeded supports, turned and reeded legs set with inlaid figured lightwood panels, striped blue silk upholstery with two bolsters, 35-1/4 x 71 x 26 in.
Provenance: Israel Sack, purchased July 1997 (accompanied by original receipt)
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Literature: illustrated in Israel Sack Inc.’s brochure Opportunities in American Antiques, no 49., pg. 12
206
George II English Silver Miniature Basket
London, 1748, oval with floral and shell border, pierced sides, blossom feet, monogram, marks for Samuel Herbert & Co., .925 fine, 4.28 oz. T., 3-3/4 x 5 x 4 in.
Estimate: $500 - $800
207
George III English Silver Cup London, 1766, round with flared rim, monogram, marks for James Baker or John Broughton, .925 fine, 5.89 oz. T., 4 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
208
Two Continental Silver Plate and Glass Bowls probably Continental, 20th century, silver plate frames with swags and rams heads, clear pressed glass liners, unmarked, 4 x 4-3/4 in. and 3-1/2 x 3-3/4 in.
Estimate: $100 - $200
209
English Silver Plate Argyll English, late 18th century, round with gadroon border, ball finial, wooden handle, no monogram, 5 in.
Estimate: $100 - $200
210
Pair of Georgian Old Sheffield Plate Candlesticks English, late 18th century, round bases with flared reeded decoration, urn sockets, unmarked, 11-3/4 in.
Provenance: Shrubsole, New York, December 23, 1996, (accompanied by receipt)
Estimate: $300 - $500
211
George III Shagreen Draftsman’s Etui and Tools late 18th/early 19th century, nine instruments present including protractor, drawing compasses, ruler, divider, pencil, other assorted tools; outer case in shagreen with fitted interior compartments and hinged lid, 6-3/4 x 2-1/2 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
212
Fine George III Satinwood Inlaid Figured Mahogany Pembroke Table British, late 18th century, oval top with two drop leaves, set with wide satinwood banding with leaf and vine decoration, inlaid skirts, fan and inlaid tapered legs with brass casters, single dovetailed drawer with oak linings, 27-1/2 x 20-1/2 x 30 in.
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
214
Pair Modern Plantation Style Rattan Armchairs, each with woven plant fiber upholstery, scrolled and turned mahogany legs, 38-1/2 x 29 x 34 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600
213
Attributed to Mary Basket (American, 20th/21st century)
Untitled, geometric composition, unsigned, painted fiber collage, thought to be kudzu, on canvas, 60-3/8 x 44-1/8 in.; painted and parcel gilt wood frame, 68-3/4 x 53 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
215
Modern Parcel Gilt Decorated Tray Form Cocktail Table, tray decorated with flowers, birds, and butterflies, gilt handles and moldings, on ebonized and gilt folding faux bamboo base, 21-1/2 x 32-1/2 x 22-1/2 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
216
Maitland Smith Leatherbound Book Form Cocktail Table, brass tag for Maitland Smith, in the form of three gilt decorated leatherbound books, on turned feet, 16-1/4 x 34-1/2 x 28 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
217
Jim Wilkinson Santee Delta Portfolio (American, 20th century)
Santee Delta Portfolio, 1990s, eight color photographs, each one signed “Phil Wilkinson”, some dated, some titled, all sheets 16 x 20 in.; unframed in portfolio, 17 x 22 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Jim Wilkinson is a well known marine biologist and photographer, specializing in the wildlife of the Santee Delta, where he has studied and photographed all of his life. His specialty is the alligators of the Delta, many of whom he is on a first name basis with.
219 Lisa Gleim (American, born 1971)
Time Off, signed lower left “Lisa Gleim SPS”, pastel on panel, 18-1/2 x 18-1/2 in.; silver leaf wood frame, 23-1/2 x 23-1/2 in.
Provenance: Cheryl Newby Gallery, Pawleys Island, South Carolina (label verso)
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
218 Johnnie Cowan (American/South Carolina, 20th/21st Century)
All The News, signed lower right “Johnnie Cowan”, watercolor on paper; sight 21 x 29-1/2 in.; wood frame, 30 x 38 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600
220 Steven Jordan (American/South Carolina, born 1948) Beach Chair, signed lower left “Steven Jordan” with cypher stamp, watercolor on paper, sight 20-3/4 x 28 in.; wood frame, 30 x 37 in.
Estimate: $300 - $600
221 American School Painting (21st Century)
Cabin with American Flag, signed lower left “Shanney(sp)”, oil on canvas, 42 x 32-1/2 in.; painted wood frame, 47-1/2 x 37-1/2 in.
Estimate: $600 - $900
222
Monumental Coiled Lidded Seagrass Basket with Stand, probably South Carolina, 20th century, deep conical form with lid, 31-3/4 x 18 in. diameter at rim; metal ring stand with tripod legs, height on stand 46 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
223
Maitland Smith Double Dory Glass Top Cocktail Table, late 20th century, glass top over two boat form supports with brass mounts and loose paddles, on leather upholstered rectangular base, 18 x 28 x 50 in.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
224
Joni Kost (American/South Carolina, 20th century) Mixed Media Spheres, 23 spheres, unsigned, mixed media, 7/8 in. to 6-5/8 in.; circular plastic tray in faux marble design, 18-1/8 in. diameter
Estimate: $300 - $500
Accompanied by artist’s card depicting a similar composition.
225
Stained and Leaded Glass Sailfish Hanging Decoration, 20th century, leaded glass frame with blue and white glass panels, 22 x 40 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
226
Two Ocean Themed Ceramic Table Objects 20th century, large platter in the form of a fish, polychrome, signed across bottom “Ornate Butterfly Fish/Ben Diller/Maui/2000”, 2-1/8 x 27 x 22-1/2 in.; large bowl with molded octopus, seaweed, and crab, in underglaze underwater design, base marked “Tuscany Italy for Fortunata”, 8-1/4 x 17-1/4 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
227
Two Decorative Plates, Mosaic and Parrot Figural 20th century, translucent mosaic plate and parrot figural plate, the latter hand painted and signed “G. Taylor” at verso, probably Glenda Taylor, each approximately 15 in. diameter
Estimate: $100 - $300
228
Andres Ramirez (Oaxaca, Mexico, 20th century) carved and polychrome reptile form, signed at underbelly “Andres Ramirez O./Tilcajete Oax.”, 7-1/2 x 24 x 10 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
229
Contemporary Fine Art Library
31 volumes total, including: The Prints of Jasper Johns
1960-1993: A Catalogue Raisonne by Jasper Johns and Richard S. Field, New York: Universal Limited Art, 1994, hardcover without dustjacket as issued in matching red slipcase, unpaginated; James Rosenquist: Four Decades, 1970-2010 by James Rosenquist, Sarah C. Bancroft, and Alain Cueff, Paris: Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, 2016; Damien Hirst: I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life
Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now by Damien Hirst and Robert Violette, London: Other Criteria, 2005.; and others
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
230
Group of 27 South Carolina Reference Books
Historical Atlas of the Rice Plantations of Georgetown County and the Santee River by Suzanne Cameron Linder and Marta Leslie Thacker; The Churches of Charleston and the Lowcountry by Mary Moore Jacoby; Waccamaw Plantations by Julian Stevenson Bolick; Plantations of the Carolina Low Country by Samuel Stoney, signed by author; Charleston: Azaleas and Old Bricks by Samuel Stoney, photos by Bayard Wootten; other various titles
Estimate: $300 - $500
231
Group of 13 Furniture Reference Books
Southern Furniture, 1680-1803, The Colonial Williamsburg Collection by Ronald Hurst and Jonathan Prown; American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection by J. Michael Flanigan, signed by Linda Kaufman; John and Thomas Seymour: Cabinetmakers in Boston, 17941816 by Vernon Stoneman; A Supplement to John and Thomas Seymour: Cabinetmakers in Boston, 1794-1816 by Vernon Stoneman; The Furniture of Charleston, 16801820 by Bradford Rauschenberg and John Bivins, Jr., three volume set with slipcover; other various titles
Estimate: $200 - $400
232
Five Pieces of Contemporary Art Glass
20th century, assorted vessels, makers Kosta Boda, Lotton, other markings indecipherable, tallest 17 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
233
Eight Jay Strongwater Napkin Rings
20th century, jeweled and enamel napkin rings, each stamped “Jay Strongwater” on interior, comprising: two dragonfly rings, inscribed on interior “Jay Strongwater 2004”, 2-3/8 in.; two butterfly rings, 2-1/8 in.; two bee rings, inscribed on interior “Jay Strongwater 2004”, 2-3/8 in.; two bird rings, with dangling jewel in beaks, 2-1/2 in., each in original box
Estimate: $200 - $400
234 Group of Ten Aquatic Animal Themed Table Objects
20th century, comprising: six jeweled and enamel Jay Strongwater objects, one frog form box opening to clock, three turtle form boxes, and two fish form decoration, most stamped “Jay Strongwater” to base, with four dust bags, largest 2-1/4 x 4 in.; four Hans Turnwald sea turtle napkin rings, ceramic on silver plate, 2-1/2 x 3 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600
235 Mark Woodham/One Eared
Cow Glass Blown Glass Sculpture (20th century, Columbia, South Carolina)
Untitled, stylized head on spiral stand, signed and dated on base “Mark Woodham 1999
OECG”, 23-1/2 x 8-1/2 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
236
Collection of 14 Assorted Miniature Pigs 20th century, comprising: six porcelain pigs, dressed and performing in a band, each with base marked with name and “Beswick”, largest 5-7/8 in.; two cloisonne pigs, one blue and one black, larger 2 x 4-1/4 in.; Enesco ceramic pig, titled “To Market, To Market, To Buy a Fat Pig”, signed and dated “Bush/1996”, 3-5/8 in.; carved and painted wood pig on stand, 7-3/4 in.; three porcelain pigs, in varying sizes and poses, one marked on base “Belleck/ Ireland”, another marked “PG”, largest 3-3/4 x 5-3/4 in.; green glass seated pig, 2-5/8 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
237
Group of 24 Art and Antique Reference Books and Catalogs, The Curious Mister Catesby by E. Charles Nelson and David Elliott; Jim Dine Prints, A Catalogue Raisonne, 1985-2000 by Elizabeth Carpenter; Great & Noble Jar: Traditional Stoneware of South Carolina by Cinda K. Baldwin; French Art Treasures at the Hermitage: Splendid Masterpieces, New Discoveries by Albert Kostenevich; The Life and Art of Alfred Hutty: Woodstock to Charleston by Sara Arnold and Stephen Hoffius, hardcover; other various titles
Estimate: $200 - $400
238
Group of 15 Map and Atlas Reference Books
The Southeast in Early Maps by William Cumming; Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America by Margaret Pritchard and Henry Taliaferro; The Mapping of the World: Early Printed World Maps, 1472-1700 by Rodney Shirley; Discovering the New World by Theodor de Bry; The Mapping of North America by Philip Burden, two volume set in slipcase; other various titles
Estimate: $200 - $400
239
Large Folk Art Frog with Umbrella American, modern carved wood and polychrome painted, standing frog atop cylindrical base with floral design, holding removable umbrella in right hand, initialed on reverse of base “D (?)”, with umbrella 61-1/4 x 8-3/4 in.
Estimate: $400 - $600
240
Collection of Seven Vintage Movie Posters, Related American, 20th century, The Pink Panther, 1964, edition 64/9, Peter Sellers, David Niven, sight 40-1/8 x 25-7/8 in.; Jaws, 1975, edition 75/155, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, sight 38-5/8 x 25-3/4 in.; Show Boat, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, 1951, edition 51/374, sight 35-5/8 x 13-3/4 in.; Requiem For A Heavyweight, 1962, Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, sight 35-5/8 x 13-3/4 in.; Home from The Hill, 1960, editioned “60/34”, Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, poster, 21-1/8 x 26-1/2 in.; rare Forest Theatre Dallas issue, To Catch a Thief poster, 1955, edition 55/257, sight 21 x 13-1/4 in.; Casablanca, 1943, portion of a magazine advertisement, sight 10-3/4 x 5 in.; lithographs, each framed, largest, 42-1/4 x 28 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
241
Five Assorted Stereo Components, Audio Research late 20th century, comprising: Audio Research SP9 MKIII Stereo Preamplifier, serial number “34037003”, with power cord, 5-1/4 x 19 x 14 in.; Audio Research D200 Stereo Power Amplifier, serial number “93165029”, with power cord, 5-1/4 x 19 x 14 in.; California Audio Labs Alpha Tube Analog Processor (DAC), serial number “20489”, with power cord, 4-1/4 x 8-3/4 x 12-1/4 in.; Acoustic Research AW822 Wireless Speaker and Transmitter, 4 x 4-3/4 in. to 10-7/8 x 6-3/4 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow
242
Kamikoto Kanpeki Knife Set Japanese, 21st century, comprising: one small utility knife, blade 4-7/8 in.; one vegetable knife, blade 7 in.; one slicing knife, blade 8 in.; wooden case with fitted foam liner, 1-7/8 x 15-1/2 x 6-7/8 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
243
World War II Era Gimbaled Compass 20th century, directional compass resting in gimbal cradle on wooden base, marked “Wood Freeman Metal Marine Pilot”, patent date 1937, 8 x 7-3/4 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
244◉
Magnifying Glass, Keystone Stereo Viewer, with Stereo View Cards, late 19th/early 20th century, magnifying glass with ivory handle and canine head pommel; 9-3/4 x 4 in.; Keystone View Co. handheld stereo viewer, 12-1/2 x 7 in.; along with five assorted stereo view cards, two of which depict early South Carolina scenes
Estimate: $100 - $300
245
“Sparky” Countertop Trade Stimulator mid 20th century, coin operated five cent poker machine, with reverse painted glass and color graphics, wooden case, manufactured by Star Amusement of West Columbia, South Carolina, 6-1/2 x 15 x 11 in.
Estimate: $100 - $300
Key is missing to open the case. There is something loose inside, very likely nickels from gaming.
246
Framed Facsimile Johannes Ruysch Map of the World facsimile copy of Johannes Ruysch (1460-1533), Universalior Cogniti Orbis Tabula Ex Recentibus Confecta Obsevationibus, Rome, 1507, marked in margins “Speculum Orbis Press”, “6/175”, “Sarah Burnham Mertz, printer”, engraving on laid paper, plate 17 x 22 in., sheet 20-3/8 x 30-1/4 in.; painted wood frame, 28-1/2 x 33-1/2 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
247 Modern Hardstone Inlaid Globe late 20th century, rotating globe with countries delineated by combination of shell and hardstones, with brass compass support, 15 x 9 in.
Estimate: $200 - $400
248
Tele Vue Pronto Telescope, Two Pairs West Marine Binoculars
“Pronto” model, with 70mm aperture, 480mm EFL, f/6.8 ED, 20mm Plossl eyepiece; wooden tripod 36 in.; along with West Marine WM3000 waterproof binoculars, 7x50mm with field of view 366 feet at 1,000 yards; also West Marine nitrogen filled binoculars, 8x32mm with field of view 394 feet at 1,000 yards
Estimate: $500 - $700
249 Charles E. Williams II (American/South Carolina, 21st Century)
Texas Gas Station, 2011, signed lower right vertically “C. Williams” and signed and inscribed with title verso, oil on canvas, 20 x 60 in.; black painted frame, 21-1/8 x 61 in.
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
250 Rudolf Sotelo Lailson (American/Texas, b. 1963) Blue Jeans, 2000, possibly an artist’s proof, signed and dated on side “Rudolf Lailson/200..”, verso “Rodolfo S. Lailson/Dec. 2000/ Austin, Texas/Original/Studio Foundry 2000”, patinated bronze relief plaque, 10-7/8 x 7 x 1-5/8 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
251 Rudolf Sotelo Lailson (American/Texas, b. 1963) El Vestido Version V, 1997, edition 5/5, signed and dated on side “SoteloLailson/1997”, verso “Rodolfo S. Lailson/Austin, Texas/August 25, 1997/ Studio Foundry”, patinated bronze relief plaque, 11 x 6 x 2-1/4 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
252 Mary McMahon (Texas, 20th/21st century)
Seascape, 1978, signed and dated verso “Mary McMahon 1978”, oil on canvas, 45-3/8 x 66-1/4 in.; parcel gilt wood frame, 46 x 67 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
253 Pablo Valenzuela Vaillant Patagonia Photograph (Chile, born 1964)
Roof Top, Magallanes, Patagonia, signed lower right margin “Pablo Valenzuela V”, editioned 1/5 lower left margin, color print on matte paper, 39-1/2 x 59 in.; wood frame, 48 x 68 in.
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
254
Neon Sculpture of Pegasus (American, 20th/21st century)
Mobile Pegasus, with electrified acrylic base, 19-1/2 x 20 x 4-7/8 in.
Estimate: $300 - $500
In 1934, the original porcelain enamel and neon Pegasus sign was installed on the roof of the Magnolia Building in downtown Dallas. Installed in high winds, the Flying Red Horse atop its oil derrick foundation was an engineering feat. The 29-story building, located at the northeast corner of Akard and Commerce Streets, was built in 1922. It was Dallas’s first skyscraper, as well as the tallest building in Texas, the tallest building west of the Mississippi, and was taller than anything in Europe. It also was the first air conditioned high rise. The original Pegasus, the logo of the Magnolia Oil Company, was completed in six weeks in the Dallas plant of Texlite, Inc. The sign with its derrick base welcomed oilmen attending the American Petroleum Institute’s first annual meeting in November 1934. Although it was never intended to be a permanent structure, Pegasus still flies above the Magnolia Building. The “Flying Red Horse”, as it was referred to by Dallas residents, became a landmark immediately. As such, it has become a symbol of the great city of Dallas itself, longtime home of Jim and Jean Barrow. (For more on the Pegasus sign in Dallas, see inspireartdallas.org.)
The following bottles are vintages that the Barrows enjoyed, and they were sourced from fine producers and wine merchants over the 24 years since their Pawleys Island vacation house was built. Since the time of their purchase, these bottles have been meticulously cellared, and are offered here for you to enjoy. Photographs are available of the climate controlled wine cellar and will be provided upon request. Please see our terms of sale for details about wine and spirits purchases.
258
Two 2001 Chateau Pavie Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Double Magnums, Vintage 2001, Gironde, France, Red Blend, 3000 ml
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
259
12 Bottles 2010 Chateau Pape Clement Grand Cru Classe, Vintage 2010, Pessac-Leognan, France, Red Bordeaux Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
260
Six Bottles 2001 Domaine du Pegau/Domaine de la Charbonniere Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Four Domaine de la Charbonniere Chateauneuf-du-Pape Les Hautes Brusquieres Cuvee Speciale; Two Domaine du Pegau Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Reservee; Vintage 2001, Rhone, France, Red Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
261
Ten Bottles 1998-2010 Assorted Red Rhone Blend Wines
Three Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, Vintage 1998, Rhone, France, 750 ml; Three M. Chapoutier Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Vintage 1998, Rhone, France, 750 ml; One Chateau Rayas Chateauneufdu-Pape Pignan Reserve, Vintage 1999, Rhone, France, 750 ml; One Chateau Rayas Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reserve, Vintage 2003, Rhone, France, 750 ml; Two Chateau de Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone, Vintage 2010, Rhone, France, 1500 ml
Estimate: $600 - $900
262
Two 2000 Chateauneuf-du-Pape Magnums
One Paul Avril Clos des Papes Chateauneuf-du-Pape; One Domaine du Pegau Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvee Reservee; Vintage 2000, Rhone, France, Red Blend, 1500 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
263
Six Bottles 2001 Domaine de la Mordoree Chateauneuf-du-Pape ‘Cuvee La Reine des Bois’ Vintage 2001, Rhone, France, Red Rhone Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
264
Six Bottles 2001 Assorted Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Two Cuvee du Vatican; Two Domaine Bois de Boursan “Cuvee des Felix“; Two Domaine de Beaurenard Boisrenard; Vintage 2001, Rhone, France, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
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267
11 Bottles Turley Zinfandel Black-Sears Vineyard, Vintage 1996, 750 ml; Tofanelli Vineyard, Vintage 1996, 750 ml; Two Moore “Earthquake “ Vineyard, Vintage 1997, 750 ml; Two Moore “Earthquake” Vineyard, Vintage 1998, 750 ml; Four Tofanelli Vineyard, Vintage 2000, 750 ml; Duarte Vineyard, Vintage 2010, 750 ml Estimate: $800 - $1,200
268
Five Bottles 1994 Philip Togni
Vintage 1994, Napa Valley, California, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
271
Estimate: $100 - $300
272
Four Bottles 1995 Chateau Montelena The Montelena Estate, Vintage 1995, Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
273
Five Bottles Caymus Vineyards and Newton Cabernet Sauvignon
Four Newton Vineyard Unfiltered, Vintage 1996, Napa Valley, California, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml; One Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Vintage 1986, Napa Valley, California, 750 ml
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
274
Four Assorted Bottles Vintage Dessert Wine
One Cossart Centenary Solera 1845 Bual, Port, 750 ml; One Leacock‘s Madeira Sercial, Vintage 1940, Port, 750 ml; One Chateau Climens 1er Cru, Vintage 1986, Barsac, France, 750 ml; One Taylor Special (no label), Vintage 1963, Port, 1500 ml
Estimate: $600 - $900
275
Nine Bottles 2003 M. Chapoutier “Le Meal” Ermitage Vintage 2003, Rhone, France, White Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
276
Three Bottles 1976 and 1983 German Rieslings
One S.A. Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling
Auslese, Vintage 1983, Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany, Riesling, 1500 ml; Two Schloss Johannisberg Riesling Beerenauslese, Vintage 1976, Rheingau, Germany, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
277
Three Demi-Bottles 1998 M. Chapoutier Ermitage Vin de Paille, Vintage 1998, Rhone, France, White Dessert Wine, 375 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
278
11 Bottles 2009 Domaine Jean Royer Chateauneufdu-Pape, Vintage 2009, Vaucluse, France, Red Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
279
Seven Bottles Assorted French Red Wines
One Domaine Trapet Pere et Fils Chambertin Grand Cru, Vintage 1985, Cote de Nuits, France, 750 ml; One Mommessin Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, Vintage 1990, Cote de Nuits, France, 750 ml; One Chateau Gruaud-Larose, Vintage 1986, Saint-Julien, France, 750 ml; Two Chateau Lynch-Bages, Vintage 1996, Pauillac, France, 750 ml; Two Ferraton Pere & Fils Hermitage Les Miaux, Vintage 1990, Rhone, France, 750 ml
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
280
Ten Bottles 2000 Le Clos du Caillou La Reserve Chateauneufdu-Pape, Vintage 2000, Rhone, France, Red Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
281
Five Bottles 1989 Chateau Coutet Premier Cru Classe
Vintage 1989, Barsac, France, Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
282
Six Bottles 1999 Remoissenet Pere & Fils CortonCharlemagne Grand Cru Diamond Jubilee Vintage 1999, Cote de Beaune, France, Chardonnay, 750 ml
Estimate: $600 - $900
283
Six Bottles 1998 Clos L’Eglise
Vintage 1998, Pomerol, France, Red Bordeaux Blend, 750 ml, with original wooden case
Estimate: $500 - $700
284
Three Bottles 2009 Chateau de Beaucastel
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Vintage 2009, Rhone, France, White Rhone Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
285
Five Bottles 2008 Chateau de Beaucastel
Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Vintage 2008, Rhone, France, White Rhone Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
286
Four Bottles 2001 Chateau de Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Vintage 2001, Rhone, France, Red Rhone Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
287
12 Bottles 1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases
Vintage 1996, Saint-Julien, France, Red Bordeaux, 750 ml, original wooden case
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
288
12 Bottles 1996 Chateau Leoville Las Cases
Vintage 1996, Saint-Julien, France, Red Bordeaux, 750 ml, original wooden case
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
289 Seven Bottles 1995 and 1999 M. Chapoutier “De L’Oree” Ermitage, Vintage 1995 (2), 1999 (5), Rhone, France, White Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
290
12 Bottles 1999 M. Chapoutier “L’Ermite”, Vintage 1999, Tainl’Hermitage, Rhône, France, Marsanne, 750 ml, with original wooden case
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
291
Two 1997 M. Chapoutier “De L’Oree” Ermitage
Magnums, Vintage 1997, Tain-l’Hermitage, Rhone, France, White Blend, 1500 ml
Estimate: $500 - $700
292
Four Bottles 1999 M. Chapoutier “De L’Oree” Ermitage, Vintage 1999, Rhone, France, White Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $500 - $700
293
1998 M. Chapoutier “Le Meal” Ermitage Magnum
Vintage 1998, Rhone, France, Red Blend, 1500 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
294
2001 Chateau Pavie Decesse Grand Cru Classe
Double Magnum, Vintage 2001, Saint-Emilion, France, Table Wine Red Blend, 3000 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
295
2001 Chateau Pavie Decesse Grand Cru Classe
Double Magnum, Vintage 2001, Saint-Emilion, France, Table Wine Red Blend, 3000 ml Estimate: $200 - $400
296
2001 Chateau Pavie Decesse Grand Cru Classe
Double Magnum, Vintage 2001, Saint-Emilion, France, Table Wine Red Blend, 3000 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
297
Three 2007 M. Chapoutier “Le Meal” Ermitage Magnums
Vintage 2007, Tain-l’Hermitage, France, White Blend, 1500 ml
Estimate: $600 - $900
298
11 Bottles 2008 Chateau Peyrat Fourthon
Vintage 2008, Haut-Medoc, France, Red Bordeaux Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
299
12 Bottles 2001 Chateau Ausone Grand Cru
Vintage 2001, Saint-Emilion, France, Red Bordeaux Blend, 750 ml, original wooden case
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
300
Four Bottles 1991 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet
Sauvignon Chabot Vineyard, Vintage 1991, Napa Valley, California, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
301
Five Bottles Joseph Phelps Vineyards Insignia and Whitehall Lane Winery, three bottles Joseph Phelps Vineyards Insignia, Vintage 1992, Napa Valley, California, Red Bordeaux Blend, 750 ml; two bottles Whitehall Lane Winery & Vineyards, Vintage 2000, Napa Valley, California, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
302
1996 Stonestreet Estate Vineyards Merlot Vintage 1996, Alexander Valley, California, Merlot, 1500 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
303
Four Bottles 1997 Greenock Creek
Vintage 1997, Barossa Valley, Australia, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
304
Five Bottles 2005 Deux Montille Chambolle-Musigny Les Babillères, Vintage 2005, Cote de Beaune, France, Pinot Noir, 750 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
305 Four Bottles 2001 Casanova di Neri Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova, Vintage 2001, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy, Sangiovese, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
306
12 Bottles 2000 Chateau-Lascombes
Vintage 2000, Margaux, France, Red Bordeaux, 750 ml, original wooden case
Estimate: $500 - $700
307
Seven Bottles 2005 Chateau Carbonnieux Grand Cru Classe de Graves, Vintage 2005, Pessac-Leognan, France, Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
308
14 Bottles 2005 Deux Montille Chambolle-Musigny
Les Babillères, Vintage 2005, Cote de Beaune, France, Pinot Noir, 750 ml
Estimate: $600 - $900
309
Five Bottles 1990 and 1991 M. Chapoutier Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne, Vintage 1990 (2), 1991 (3), Rhone, France, Syrah, 750 ml
Estimate: $500 - $700
310
Four Bottles 2001 Le Clos du Caillou Chateauneufdu-Pape Les Quartz, Vintage 2001, Rhone, France, Red Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
311
Three Magnums and One Bottle of Vintage Port two Taylor ‘s Vintage Port, Vintage 1977, 1500 ml; one Niepoort Porto, Vintage 1997, 1500 ml; one Martinez Gassiot & Co. Porto Vintage, Vintage 1985, 750 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
312
Seven Bottles 1983 Dow’s Vintage Porto Vintage 1983, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
313
Four Bottles 2001 Siro Pacenti Brunello di Montalcino, Vintage 2001, Tuscany, Italy, Sangiovese, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
Penfolds Grange, Vintage 1989-1993, 1995-1999, Australia, Shiraz Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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Penfolds Grange, Vintage 1978, 1980-1988, Australia, Shiraz Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Estimate: $300 - $500
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For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
324
15 Bottles 2004 Ksana Gran Reserva Vintage 2004, Mendoza, Argentina, Malbec, 750 ml
Estimate: $500 - $700
326
Three Bottles 1993 Royal Tokaji, One Chambers Special Tokay, Three Royal Tokaji ‘Birsalmas’ Aszu 6 Puttonyos, Vintage 1993, Tokaj, Hungary, White Dessert Wine, 500 ml; One Chambers Rosewood
Vineyards Special Tokay, Rutherglen, Australia, White
Dessert Wine, 375 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
327
Three 1977 Dow’s Vintage Porto “Silver Jubilee” Magnums, Vintage 1977, Port, 1500 ml Estimate: $400 - $600
323
12 Bottles 2004 Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Vintage 2004, Grampians, Australia, Shiraz, 750 ml Estimate: $200 - $400
Four Bottles 2006-2011 Assorted Wines R Wines Bitch, Vintage 2006, Australia, Grenache, 750 ml; Marof, Vintage 2008, Podravje, Slovenia, Chardonnay, 750 ml; Marof, Vintage 2008, Podravje, Slovenia, Sauvignon Blanc, 750 ml; Marof, Vintage 2008, Podravje, Slovenia, Renski Rizzling, 750 ml; Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte “Les Hauts de Smith”, Vintage 2011, Pessac-Leognan, France, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
328
Three Bottles 1994 Dow’s Vintage Porto Vintage 1994, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
329
Two 1977 Warre’s Vintage Porto Magnums
Vintage 1977, Port, 1500 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
330
Two
Vintage 1977, Port, 1500 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
331
Five Bottles 2008 Tua Rita Perlato del Bosco Rosso
Toscana, Vintage 2008, Tuscany, Italy, Red Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
332
Six Bottles 2001 and 2004 Tenuta Fanti Brunello/ Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Vintage 2001 (4), 2004 (2), Italy, Sangiovese, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
333
Four Bottles 2001 Podere Salicutti Brunello di Montalcino Piaggione, Vintage 2001, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy, Sangiovese, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
334
Four Bottles 2001 Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino
Vintage 2001, Tuscany, Italy, Sangiovese, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
335
1996
Italy, Red Blend, 1500 ml
Estimate: $100 - $200
336
1996
Estimate: $100 - $300
337
2014 Rust en Vrede Stellenbosch (1694 Classification), Vintage 2014, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Shiraz Cabernet, 750 ml, with original wooden case Estimate: $100 - $300
338
Four Bottles 1998 Clarendon Hills Brookman
Vintage 1998, McLaren Vale, Australia, Shiraz, 750 ml
Estimate: $100 - $300
For full cataloging, condition notes, and images see our website, brunkauctions.com
339
Six Bottles 2000 Chateau Leoville Poyferre
Vintage 2000, Saint-Julien, France, Red Bordeaux
Blend, 750 ml
Estimate: $500 - $700
340
14 Bottles 1992 Fonseca Vintage Porto Vintage 1992, Fonseca Guimaraens, Douro, Portugal, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
341
Four Bottles 1992 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Porto
Vintage 1992, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
342
Two 2004 Alain Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru Magnums, Vintage 2004, Cote de Nuits, France, Red/Pinot Noir, 1500 ml (one mislabeled 750ml)
Estimate: $600 - $900
343
Ten Bottles 1995 Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) Los Vascos Reserve, Vintage 1995, Colchagua Valley, Chile, Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
344 11 Bottles 1977 Dow’s “Silver Jubilee” Vintage Porto, Vintage 1977, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $500 - $700
345
Nine Bottles 1985 Fonseca Vintage Porto, Vintage 1985, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
346
Six Bottles 1977 Warre’s Vintage Porto Vintage 1977, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $400 - $600
347
Ten Bottles 1985 Graham’s Vintage Port Vintage 1985, Port, 750 ml
Estimate: $300 - $500
348
Five Bottles Assorted Sparkling Wines, One Magnum One Billecart-Salmon Champagne Brut Reserve, Champagne, France, 1500 ml; Two Gloria Ferrer Methode Champenoise, California, Sonoma Brut, 750 ml; One Gratien & Meyer Central Market Brut, Saumur, France, Brut Sparkling Wine, 750 ml; One Chandon Brut Rose, Yountville, California, 750 ml; One Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Vintage Brut, Champagne, France, 750 ml
Estimate: $200 - $400
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۰ All items are sold as is, where is, with all faults.
۰ A buyer’s premium will be applied to the purchase price of all items:
23%….Cash, check or wire transfer
26%….Bidsquare.com with cash, check or wire transfer
28%….Invaluable.com and Liveauctioneers.com with cash, check or wire transfer
3% will be added to all MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards charges
۰ All purchases are subject to applicable state sales tax (state where purchased) unless the state Certificate of Resale tax form is fully and completely filled out and received prior to time of purchase.
۰ Items purchased from our Asheville auction facility not picked up within ten business days of the auction will be assessed a storage fee of $5.00 per day, per item.
1. All items are sold as is, where is, with all faults. There are no warranties or representations of merchantability, of fitness, nor of any other kind, express or implied. All items are available for your examination prior to bidding. Your bidding will signify that you have examined the items as fully as you desire, or that you have chosen not to examine them. Written and oral descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, materials or any other feature of items being sold. Our goal is to provide prospective bidders with accurate and detailed information. We recommend prospective bidders examine all items in which they have an interest. If you require absolute certainty in all areas of authenticity, and the results of your evaluation leave uncertainty in your mind, we recommend you not bid on the item in question. We do not give refunds. All sales are final. No statement written or oral made by the auctioneer shall be deemed a warranty or assumption of liability by Brunk Auctions or by any seller represented by Brunk Auctions.
2. Bidding will begin at a price appropriate according to the auctioneer’s discretion. The auctioneer always reserves the right to withdraw a lot for any reason they deem appropriate. At the auctioneer’s discretion, no bid of less than one half the low estimate will be accepted from any source: phone bidding, absentee bidding, internet bidding, or bidding in the gallery. All lots in this catalog are offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum hammer price at which a lot will be sold. In executing a reserve, the auctioneer has the right to bid on behalf of the Consignor, whether by opening bidding or continuing bidding in response to other bidders until reaching the reserve. If the reserve is not met, the Auctioneer has the right to withdraw the item from the sale.
3. Once we declare that an item is sold, we cannot reopen the bidding. It is the bidder’s responsibility to get our attention prior to our saying “sold”. We reserve the right to reject any bids deemed inappropriate or to withdraw any item(s) for lack of appropriate bids. If an item is withdrawn from the auction it will be offered again only at the auctioneer’s discretion.
4. Payment must be made by cash, approved check, wire transfer, or MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards. We reserve the right to require bank checks for large purchases. Buyers not known to us who wish to write a check must provide a current letter of credit from their bank guaranteeing funds for that account. Credit arrangements must be made by the Friday prior to the
day of auction so bank statements can be verified. We reserve the right to not issue a buyer’s number or to withhold merchandise if appropriate credit has not been established. We require wire transfers for international buyers. First time buyers will be required to pay by wire transfer or cashiers check.
5. Payment is expected at time of purchase. Payment for successful absentee, phone bids and online bids are required within five business days of the auction. Bidding on an item indicates the client’s acceptance of our Terms of Sale. Your signature on our Bid Form or acceptance of these terms through any online bidding platform constitutes permission to charge successful bids to credit cards if payment is not received within five days of the auction.
6. We are pleased to offer absentee and phone bidding for prospective bidders who cannot be present at the auction. Please complete the Absentee Bid and/or Phone Reservation form. Absentee bids are executed competitively and confidentially. All reservations for phone bidding are held in the strictest confidence and must be received by 5 pm the day before the auction. No additional phone bids can be accepted on the day of the auction including additions when speaking with a staff person on the phone. We can accept written absentee bids submitted on the Absentee Bid Form up to 30 lots before the item comes up for auction. Leaving an absentee or phone bid on a lot indicates your willingness to open the bidding at one half the printed low estimate, and gives the auctioneer the authority to open the bidding at that level. Brunk Auctions shall have the right to withdraw any item at any time for any reason and to default any sale in the event of an error or dispute.
7. In the case of identical absentee bids, the bid received first will prevail. Bids left on online Bidsquare.com, Invaluable.com, and Liveauctioneers. com are not executed until the item is offered in the live auction and the order in which they are received is not a factor. We sell 70-100 lots per hour. Following are general guidelines for bidding increments:
$0-$100 …………………..$25 increments
$100-1,000……………….$50 increments
$1,000-2,000…………….$100 increments
$2,000-3,000…………….$200 increments
$3,000-5,000…………….$250 increments
$5,000-10,000…………..$500 increments
$10,000-$20,000………$1,000 increments
$20,000-$50,000………$2,000 increments
$50,000-$100,000…….$5,000 increments above $100,000………auctioneers discretion
8. In our experience, cellular phones are not always dependable, and we recommend phone bidding reservations be made on land lines. We make every effort to honor all absentee and phone bid reservations, but we are not liable for any losses incurred as a result of failure to execute absentee bids or failed phone reservations. Submitting absentee bids or bidding by phone does not imply an extension of credit. Please see numbers 4 and 5 above.
9. Purchaser agrees that packing and shipping is done at the purchaser’s risk and that the purchaser will pay in advance all packing expenses, materials, carrier fees and insurance charges. At our discretion, items will either be packed by an agent such as a packaging store or Brunk Auctions. Please allow two weeks for shipping after payment is received. Shipment of large items is the responsibility of the purchaser. We are happy to provide names of carriers and shippers if a purchaser so requests. Brunk Auctions will have no liability for any loss or damage to shipped items.
10. Note to internet absentee bidders. We do
not accept cut bids, (bids less than the last interval) from the floor or from phone bidders, and we do not accept them from internet bidders. Thus it is possible that a lot could go to another bidder for less than your absentee bid. For example, if the bids are progressing in ten dollar increments, $50, $60, $70 and your absentee falls at $75, we will not take the bid since it is less than the $10 interval. We always encourage bidders to bid by phone or to leave absentee bids through our website to avoid such a situation.
11. All purchases are subject to applicable state sales tax (state where purchased) unless the state Certificate of Resale tax form is fully and completely filled out and received prior to time of purchase. Resale tax numbers from other states are accepted. International buyers are responsible for tariffs, taxes, or assessments of shipped items to the buyer’s country.
12. Bidding on an item indicates your understanding and acceptance of these Terms of Sale. If a purchaser breaches any of these Terms of Sale, including the obligation to pay for purchased items, Brunk Auctions may seek all remedies under the law including canceling the sale and reoffering the property without reserve.
13. A buyer’s premium will be applied to the purchase price of all items: 23%….Cash, check or wire transfer 26%….Bidsquare.com with cash, check or wire transfer 28%….Invaluable.com and Liveauctioneers.com with cash, check or wire transfer 3% will be added to all MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express credit cards charges
14. Purchased items not picked up within ten business days of the auction will be assessed a storage fee of $5.00 per day, per item. You authorize us to re-sell on your behalf any item not picked up within sixty calendar days. The costs of storage, plus any other costs directly related to the item, and an auctioneer’s commission of 20%, will be subtracted from the proceeds unless other arrangements have been made with Brunk Auctions. The minimum charge will be $50. The net proceeds will be mailed to your address as stated herein in full and final settlement of our obligations to you.
15. We are closed on Fridays the week following Saturday auctions. Please arrange appointments for other days.
16. Export and Permits – It is the purchaser’s sole responsibility to identify and obtain any necessary export, import, firearm, endangered species or other permit for the lot. Any symbols or notices in the sale catalogue reflect Brunk Auctions’ reasonable opinion at the time of cataloguing and are for bidders’ general guidance only; Brunk Auctions and the Consignor make no representations or warranties as to whether any lot is or is not subject to export or import restrictions or any embargoes.
17. ◉Endangered Species – Certain property sold at auction, for example, items made of or incorporating plant or animal materials, irrespective of age or value, may require a license or certificate prior to exportation and additional licenses or certificates upon importation to another country. Brunk Auctions suggests that international buyers check on foreign governments’ wildlife import requirements prior to placing a bid. All buyers agree to comply with any and all domestic and international restrictions on the trade of endangered species as a condition of the sale. Please note that the ability to obtain an export license or certificate does not ensure the ability to obtain an import license or
certificate in another country, and vice versa. It is the purchaser’s responsibility to obtain any export or import licenses and/or certificates as well as any other required documentation. In the case of denial of any export or import license or of delay in the obtaining of such licenses, the purchaser is still responsible for making on-time payment of the total purchase price for the lot. Although licenses can be obtained to export some types of endangered species, other types may not be exported at all, and other types may not be resold in the United States. Brunk Auctions is not able to assist the purchaser in attempting to obtain the appropriate licenses and/or certificates, and there is no assurance that an export license or certificate can be obtained. Please check with our specialists if you are uncertain as to whether a lot is subject to these export/import license and certificate requirements, or any other restrictions on exportation. Please note that bidders in New Jersey may not bid on any lots containing elephant ivory, mammoth ivory, or rhinoceros horn.
18. Due to the embargo on Persian carpets, international shipping is not available.
19. Brunk Auctions makes no warranty or guarantee whatsoever regarding the jewelry, its colored stones, diamonds, other gem materials, or `metals, or as to their status as natural, treated, “earth mined”, manmade or other. Appraisals, descriptions, photographs, are offered as a service and are not intended to be a complete analysis of the qualities and conditions of the jewelry. All identifications, information, weights, quality, cut, value and other estimates, are opinions, limited by examination and grading the mountings, the condition and cleanliness of the items. All gems, colored stones, diamonds, “cultured or natural pearls, fresh water, south sea, Tahitian pearls”, and other materials used in jewelry, may be enhanced by a variety of treatments. Brunk Auctions makes no warranties or guaranties that any clock or watch is in working order.
20. CONDITION OF FIREARMS: Brunk Auctions or its’ employees or consultants make no warranties or representations whatsoever concerning the operation of firing condition, safety to store or reliability of any firearm. Any firearm purchased is at the user’s risk. Brunk Auctions expressly disclaims any liability whatsoever for accident, injury or damage resulting to any person or property from the storage or use of any such lot.
21. Online registration and bidding approval is done at the sole discretion of the auction house. We recommend that online bidders sign up at least 24 hours in advance of the auction to allow for time to complete the approval process. We make no guarantees that new online bidders who register within 24 hours of the sale will be approved for bidding. After signing up to bid, new online bidders may receive a message requesting additional information; we cannot approve any client without the requested information. First time participants bidding through any online platform will be limited to a maximum of $25,000 total in cumulative bids. Parties who wish to bid on premium lots may be asked to submit a deposit by wire transfer. Correspondence between prospective clients and the Auction House must be established directly with Brunk Auctions through phone, fax, or one of the relevant email addresses. We make no guarantee that we can respond to requests submitted through third party messaging systems. Due to the high volume of inquiries made within 24 hours of the sale, we make no guarantee that clients who contact us during this period will receive a response. Bids left on Bidsquare.com, Invaluable. com, and Liveauctioneers.com are not executed until the item is offered in the live auction; therefore the order in which those bids are received is not a factor. We will make every effort within reason to accept and process bids from online participants. Brunk Auctions will not accept liability for any bids missed due to clerking issues, operator error, equipment failure, con-
nection delays, communication lapses, or technical malfunctions of any nature.
22. Coin grading is subjective and more ‘art’ than ‘science.’ As such, any descriptive or numeric grades given are supplied as a guide to our bidders and should not be seen as a guarantee to any grade that might be received from a third-party grader or grading company. Our best effort has been put forth to give condition reports that are as accurate as can reasonably be expected, however, firsthand inspection to formulate one’s own opinion is always recommended. Attributions such as Sheldon, Overton, and Friedberg numbers have been assigned on many lots and every measure has been taken to ensure accuracy. However, bidders should use our highly detailed photographs to assess and attribute as errors in cataloging do sometimes occur.
23. *Brunk Auctions strictly complies with all state and federal regulations pertaining to the sale, transfer, and transportation of firearms. It is the sole responsibility of the buyer to know and comply with all state firearms regulations prior to bidding. No persons associated with Brunk Auctions or their consignors warrant the safety or shootability of any firearm we sell. Buyers wishing to fire any weapon purchased from Brunk Auctions are strongly advised to have the weapon(s) examined by a competent gunsmith prior to use.
24. Please note purchases of wine are not available for in house shipping. Buyers can pick up in person or arrange for third party shipping or transportation in accordance with state and federal regulations. To our knowledge the wines offered here have been well cellared, but all details of handling, especially with early vintages, are not known. Purchases are at the buyer’s risk, and no returns for wine purchases will be accepted.